Continuous existence of bismuth at grain boundaries of zinc oxide varistor without intergranular phase

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 81, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 2071-2076

  Kobayashi, Kei Ichiro ^a   Wada, Osamu ^a   Kobayashi, Masahiro ^a   Takada, Yoshio ^a  

^a MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BISMUTH; BISMUTH COMPOUNDS; CRYSTAL ATOMIC STRUCTURE; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VARISTORS; ZINC OXIDE;

INTERGRANULAR PHASE;

CERAMIC PRODUCTS;

EID: 0032137504     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1151-2916.1998.tb02589.x     Document Type: Article

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