Seasonal variation of microstructure and sintered strength of dry-pressed alumina

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 82, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 3441-3446

  Shinohara, Nobuhiro ^a   Okumiya, Masataro ^a   Hotta, Tadashi ^b   Nakahira, Kenji ^b   Naito, Makio ^b   Uematsu, Keizo ^c  

^a ASAHI GLASS CO LTD   (Japan)

^b JAPAN FINE CERAMICS CENTER   (Japan)

^c NAGAOKA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; DEFECTS; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; GRANULAR MATERIALS; HIGH TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; MICROSTRUCTURE; POROUS MATERIALS; PRESSING (FORMING); STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

IMMERSION MICROSCOPY;

SINTERED ALUMINA;

EID: 0033342644     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1151-2916.1999.tb02262.x     Document Type: Article

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