Duplex α,β-sialon ceramics stabilized by dysprosium and samarium

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 301-312

  Ekström, Thommy ^a,d   Falk, Lena K L ^b,d   Shen, Zhi Jian ^c  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d AMERICAN CERAMIC SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; DYSPROSIUM; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; GLASS; HARDNESS; HEATING; MICROSTRUCTURE; POWDERS; SAMARIUM; SILICON NITRIDE; TEMPERATURE; VOLUME FRACTION;

CORE SHELL STRUCTURE; RESIDUAL INTERGRANULAR GLASS; STABILIZING ELEMENT;

CERAMIC MATERIALS;

EID: 0031078406     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1151-2916.1997.tb02830.x     Document Type: Article

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