Crystal phase and phonon densities of states of β′-SiAlON ceramics, Si6-zAlzOzN8-z (0 ≤ z ≤ 4)

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 79, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 3250-3256

  Loong, Chun Keung ^a,c   Richardson Jr , James W ^a,c   Sukuzi, Sugura ^b,c   Ozawa, Masakuni ^b,c  

^a ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NAGOYA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c AMERICAN CERAMIC SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; CERAMIC MATERIALS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRONIC DENSITY OF STATES; NEUTRON SCATTERING; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; PHONONS; SOLID SOLUTIONS;

PHONON DENSITIES OF STATES;

SILICON COMPOUNDS;

EID: 0030408365     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1151-2916.1996.tb08102.x     Document Type: Article

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