Mechanical properties of polycrystal line translucent cubic boron nitride as characterized by the vickers indentation method

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 547-549

  Taniguchi, Takashi ^a   Akaishi, Minoru ^a   Yamaoka, Shinobu ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRACKS; ELASTIC MODULI; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; HARDNESS; LOADS (FORCES); POLYCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS;

VICKERS INDENTATION METHOD;

CUBIC BORON NITRIDE;

EID: 0030084619     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1151-2916.1996.tb08165.x     Document Type: Article

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