Improved strength recovery of a titanium carbide/silicon nitride composite from thermal shock damage via microwave heating

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1576-1578

  Li, Jianbao ^a   Kong, Xiangyang ^a   Xie, Zhipeng ^a   Huang, Yong ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEGRADATION; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; MICROCRACKS; MICROWAVE HEATING; SILICON NITRIDE; SINTERING; TITANIUM CARBIDE;

STRENGTH RECOVERY; THERMAL SHOCK;

CERAMIC MATRIX COMPOSITES;

EID: 0032630417     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1151-2916.1999.tb01959.x     Document Type: Article

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