Effect of boron nitride on the phase stability and phase transformations in silicon carbide

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 79, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 3325-3328

  Turan, Servet ^a   Knowles, Kevin M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b AMERICAN CERAMIC SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BORON COMPOUNDS; CERAMIC MATRIX COMPOSITES; COMPOSITION EFFECTS; DISSOCIATION; NITRIDES; PHASE TRANSITIONS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

HEXAGONAL BORON NITRIDE; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY (HRTEM); PHASE STABILITY;

SILICON CARBIDE;

EID: 0030414025     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1151-2916.1996.tb08114.x     Document Type: Article

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