Crack healing in a silicon nitride ceramic

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 81, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1861-1868

  Zhang, Yan Hui ^a,b   Edwards, Lyndon ^a   Plumbridge, William J ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDITIVES; ANNEALING; CERAMIC MATERIALS; CRACK PROPAGATION; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; CRYSTALLIZATION; DIFFUSION IN SOLIDS; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; GLASS; OXIDATION; SILICA; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CRACK HEALING;

SILICON NITRIDE;

EID: 0032115957     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1151-2916.1998.tb02558.x     Document Type: Article

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