Quantitative microscopy of β-Si3N4 ceramics

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 80, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 3061-3069

  Björklund, Hakan ^a,c   Wasén, Jonas ^a,b   Falk, Lena K L ^a,b  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b AMERICAN CERAMIC SOCIETY   (United States)

^c VOLVO AERO CORPORATION   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CERAMIC MATERIALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTAL MICROSTRUCTURE; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

GRAIN SIZE DISTRIBUTION; QUANTITATIVE MICROSCOPY;

SILICON NITRIDE;

EID: 0031380542     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1151-2916.1997.tb03233.x     Document Type: Article

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