Atomistic structure of calcium silicate intergranular films in alumina studied by molecular dynamics simulations

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 80, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1997-2004

  Blonski, Slawomir ^a   Garofalini, Stephen H ^a,b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AMERICAN CERAMIC SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ALUMINA; AMORPHOUS FILMS; COMPOSITION EFFECTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTAL ATOMIC STRUCTURE; FRACTURE; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; SINTERING; TENSILE TESTING;

CALCIUM SILICATE; INTERGRANULAR FILMS;

CALCIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 0031199954     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1151-2916.1997.tb03083.x     Document Type: Article

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