A tough SiAlON ceramic based on α-Si3N4 with a whisker-like microstructure

Nature

Volumn 389, Issue 6652, 1997, Pages 701-704

  Chen, I Wei ^a,b   Rosenflanz, Anatoly ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BORON DERIVATIVE; DIAMOND; METAL; POLYMER; SILICON DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CERAMICS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COVALENT BOND; ENGINEERING; HARDNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOLOGY; STRENGTH;

EID: 0030671549     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/39542     Document Type: Article

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