Stereological observations of platelet-reinforced mullite- and zirconia-matrix composites

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 79, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 3273-3281

  Cherian, Isaac K ^a,c   Lehigh, Mitchell D ^b   Nettleship, Ian ^b,c   Kriven, Waltraud M ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b University of Pittsburgh   (United States)

^c AMERICAN CERAMIC SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; CRYSTAL MICROSTRUCTURE; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; INCLUSIONS; SINTERING; VOLUME FRACTION; ZIRCONIA;

ALUMINA PLATELETS; MULLITE MATRIX COMPOSITES;

CERAMIC MATRIX COMPOSITES;

EID: 0030401641     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1151-2916.1996.tb08105.x     Document Type: Article

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