Origin of solid-state activated sintering in Bi2O3-doped ZnO

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 916-920

  Luo, Jian ^a   Wang, Haifeng ^a   Chiang, Yet Ming ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS FILMS; BISMUTH COMPOUNDS; CRYSTAL ATOMIC STRUCTURE; DENSIFICATION; DOPING (ADDITIVES); GRANULAR MATERIALS; HIGH RESOLUTION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MASS TRANSFER; POWDERS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SINTERING; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ACTIVATED SINTERING; BISMUTH OXIDE; SOLID STATE REACTIONS;

ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 0032691014     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1151-2916.1999.tb01853.x     Document Type: Article

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