Conversion of diaspore to corundum: A new α-alumina transformation sequence

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 80, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 2677-2680

  Carim, Altaf H ^a,d   Rohrer, Gregory S ^b,d   Dando, Neal R ^c,d   Tzeng, Shih Ying ^c   Rohrer, Cathy L ^c   Perrotta, Anthony J ^c,d  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ALCOA TECHNICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d AMERICAN CERAMIC SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PHASE TRANSITIONS; X RAY POWDER DIFFRACTION;

DIASPORE;

CORUNDUM;

EID: 0031257569     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1151-2916.1997.tb03171.x     Document Type: Article

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