Microscopic mechanisms of oxidation in SiC-whisker-reinforced mullite/ZrO2 matrix composites

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 82, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 2833-2840

  Lin, Chien Cheng ^a   Zangvil, Avigdor ^b   Ruh, Robert ^c  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^c UNIVERSAL TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS MATERIALS; CERAMIC MATRIX COMPOSITES; COMPOSITION EFFECTS; CRYSTAL WHISKERS; DISSOLUTION; HIGH TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; INTERDIFFUSION (SOLIDS); OXIDATION; QUARTZ; SILICON CARBIDE; ZIRCON; ZIRCONIA;

CRISTOBALITE; DEVITRIFICATION; MULLITE;

FIBER REINFORCED MATERIALS;

EID: 0033204122     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1151-2916.1999.tb02164.x     Document Type: Article

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