Varistor ceramics

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 485-502

  Clarke, David R ^a  

^a University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL MICROSTRUCTURE; SINTERING; VARISTORS; ZINC OXIDE;

LIQUID PHASE SINTERING; MICROSTRUCTURAL DISORDER EFFECTS;

CERAMIC PRODUCTS;

EID: 0032648286     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1151-2916.1999.tb01793.x     Document Type: Article

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