Microstructural design of silicon nitride with improved fracture toughness: II, Effects of yttria and alumina additives

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 81, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 2831-2840

  Sun, Ellen Y ^a,c   Becher, Paul F ^a,c   Plucknett, Kevin P ^a,c,d   Hsueh, Chun Hway ^a,c   Alexander, Kathleen B ^a,c   Waters, Shirley B ^a   Hirao, Kiyoshi ^b,c   Brito, Manuel E ^b,c  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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

^c AMERICAN CERAMIC SOCIETY   (United States)

^d UNILEVER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDITIVES; ALUMINA; CERAMIC MATERIALS; CHEMICAL BONDS; COMPOSITION EFFECTS; CRYSTAL MICROSTRUCTURE; DENSIFICATION; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; SINTERING; THERMAL EXPANSION; YTTRIUM COMPOUNDS;

SELF-REINFORCED SILICON NITRIDE; YTTRIA;

SILICON NITRIDE;

EID: 0032208008     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1151-2916.1998.tb02703.x     Document Type: Article

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