The production of mullite fibers via inviscid melt-spinning (IMS)

Materials Letters

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 359-365

  Xiao, Zhijun ^a   Mitchell, Brian S ^a  

^a Tulane University   (United States)

Author keywords

Ceramic; Fiber; IMS; Melt spinning; Mullite; Pyrolysis

Indexed keywords

CARBON; COMPOSITION; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; MELT SPINNING; PYROLYSIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE STRUCTURE; THICK FILMS; X RAY POWDER DIFFRACTION;

COMPOSITIONAL ANALYSIS; INVISCID MELT SPINNING; MULLITE;

CERAMIC FIBERS;

EID: 0032298980     PISSN: 0167577X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-577X(98)00120-7     Document Type: Article

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