SiC Nanoparticle-Reinforced Al2O3 Matrix Composites: Role of Intra- and Intergranular Particles

Journal of the European Ceramic Society

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 921-928

  Xu, Youren ^a   Zangvil, Avigdor ^a   Kerber, Albert ^b  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^b LONZA Werke GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; COMMINUTION; CRACK INITIATION; DISLOCATIONS (CRYSTALS); FRACTURE; GRAIN GROWTH; HOT PRESSING; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); REINFORCEMENT; SILICON CARBIDE; TOUGHENING;

CRACK DEFLECTION; CRACK IMPEDIMENT; GRAIN REFINEMENT; INTERGRANULAR PARTICLES; INTRAGRANULAR PARTICLES; ZENER PINNING;

CERAMIC MATRIX COMPOSITES;

EID: 0031140206     PISSN: 09552219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0955-2219(96)00164-1     Document Type: Article

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