Influence of granule character and compaction on the mechanical properties of sintered silicon nitride

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 843-848

  Takahashi, Hideo ^a   Shinohara, Nobuhiro ^a   Uematsu, Keizo ^b   JunIchiro, Tsubaki ^c  

^a ASAHI GLASS CO LTD   (Japan)

^b NAGAOKA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CERAMIC MATERIALS; COMPACTION; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; DEFECTS; DRYING; FLOCCULATION; GRANULAR MATERIALS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; PH; PH EFFECTS; SLURRIES; SPRAYING;

GRANULE CHARACTER; SPRAY DRY SLURRY;

SILICON NITRIDE;

EID: 0030125726     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1151-2916.1996.tb08515.x     Document Type: Article

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