Measuring the anisotropic thermal diffusivity of silicon nitride grains by thermoreflectance microscopy

Journal of the European Ceramic Society

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1631-1639

  Li, Bincheng ^a   Pottier, L ^a   Roger, J P ^a   Fournier, D ^a   Watari, K ^b   Hirao, K ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

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

Author keywords

Non destructive evaluation; Photoreflectance microscopy; Si3N4; Thermal conductivity

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; CERAMIC MATERIALS; COATINGS; GRANULAR MATERIALS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY OF SOLIDS; THERMAL DIFFUSION IN SOLIDS;

THERMOREFLECTANCE MICROSCOPY;

SILICON NITRIDE;

EID: 0032658075     PISSN: 09552219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0955-2219(98)00258-1     Document Type: Article

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