Silicon nitride/silicon carbide nanocomposite materials: II, hot strength, creep, and oxidation resistance

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1109-1120

  Rendtel, Andreas ^a,c   Hübner, Heinz ^a,c   Herrmann, Mathias ^b   Schubert, Christian ^b  

^a HAMBURG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR CERAMIC TECHNOLOGIES AND SYSTEMS   (Germany)

^c AMERICAN CERAMIC SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CREEP; CRYSTAL MICROSTRUCTURE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; OXIDATION RESISTANCE; POWDERS; SILICON CARBIDE; SILICON NITRIDE; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

DILATATIONAL CREEP;

CERAMIC MATRIX COMPOSITES;

EID: 0032074378     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1151-2916.1998.tb02457.x     Document Type: Article

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