The search for superhard materials

Endeavour

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 121-124

  Léger, Jean Michel ^a   Haines, Julian ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CUBIC BORON NITRIDE; DRILLING; ELASTIC MODULI; HARDNESS; MACHINING; SHEAR STRENGTH;

COVALENT BOND; SUPERHARD MATERIALS;

DIAMONDS;

EID: 0031238841     PISSN: 01609327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0160-9327(97)80221-9     Document Type: Article

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