Microstructural design of silicon nitride with improved fracture toughness: I, Effects of grain shape and size

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 81, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 2821-2830

  Becher, Paul F ^a,d   Sun, Ellen Y ^a,d   Plucknett, Kevin P ^a,d,e   Alexander, Kathleen B ^a,d,f   Hsueh, Chun Hway ^a,d   Lin, Hua Tay ^a,d   Waters, Shirley B ^a   Westmoreland, C Gary ^a   Kang, Eul Son ^b   Hirao, Kiyoshi ^c,d   Brito, Manuel E ^c,d  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Agency for Defence Development   (South Korea)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^d AMERICAN CERAMIC SOCIETY   (United States)

^e UNILEVER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^f LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CERAMIC MATERIALS; CRACKS; CRYSTAL MICROSTRUCTURE; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE;

SELF-REINFORCED SILICON NITRIDE;

SILICON NITRIDE;

EID: 0032207131     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1151-2916.1998.tb02702.x     Document Type: Article

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