Carbothermal Preparation of β -SiAlON Powder at Elevated Nitrogen Pressures

Journal of the European Ceramic Society

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 175-185

  Zheng, Jie ^a   Forslund, Bertil ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Carbothermal reaction; Nitrides.; Powders; Sialon; Solids state reaction

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; KAOLIN; NITROGEN; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; POWDERS; REACTION KINETICS; SILICA;

SIALON CERAMICS;

CARBONITRIDING;

EID: 0033080210     PISSN: 09552219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0955-2219(98)00193-9     Document Type: Article

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