Microstructural characterization of reactively sintered mullites

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 369-376

  Kara, Ferhat ^a   Turan, Servet ^a   Little, John A ^b   Knowles, Kevin M ^b  

^a ANADOLU UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; COLLOIDS; CRYSTAL MICROSTRUCTURE; GLASS; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; HIGH RESOLUTION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILICA; SINTERING; THERMAL EFFECTS; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WETTING;

ALUMINUM SULFATE; DIFFUSE DARK FIELD; FRESNEL FRINGE DEFOCUS IMAGING; MULLITES; PSEUDOBOEHMITE COLLOIDAL SILICA;

CERAMIC MATERIALS;

EID: 0033751280     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1151-2916.2000.tb01199.x     Document Type: Article

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