Microstructure and chemistry of intergranular glassy films in liquid-phase-sintered alumina

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 369-379

  Brydson, Rik ^a   Chen, Shih Chieh ^a   Riley, Frank L ^a,c   Milne, Steve J ^a   Pan, Xiaoqing ^b,c   Rüble, Manfred ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS   (Germany)

^c American Ceramic Society   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS FILMS; CALCIUM COMPOUNDS; COMPOSITION EFFECTS; CRYSTAL MICROSTRUCTURE; DENSIFICATION; GLASS; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; SEGREGATION (METALLOGRAPHY); SINTERING; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

GRAIN TRIPLE POCKET INTERFACES;

ALUMINA;

EID: 0031997931     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1151-2916.1998.tb02343.x     Document Type: Article

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