Fracture toughness and interfacial design of a biological fiber-matrix ceramic composite in sea urchin teeth

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1037-1040

  Wang, Rizhi ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCITE; CERAMIC FIBERS; FIBER REINFORCED MATERIALS; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; HARDNESS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MORPHOLOGY;

CERAMIC FIBER REINFORCED CERAMIC MATRIX COMPOSITES; FIBER PULL-OUT; MICROINDENTATION; SEA URCHIN TEETH;

CERAMIC MATRIX COMPOSITES;

EID: 0032046734     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1151-2916.1998.tb02444.x     Document Type: Article

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