Reaction-bonded aluminium oxide (RBAO) process: II, the solid-state oxidation of RBAO compacts

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 83, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 1845-1852

  Suvaci, Ender ^a,b,c   Simkovich, George ^a   Messing, Gary L ^a,b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AMERICAN CERAMIC SOCIETY   (United States)

^c ANADOLU UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINOUS REFRACTORIES; CERAMIC MATERIALS; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; CRYSTAL MICROSTRUCTURE; HEAT CONVECTION; REACTION KINETICS; SILICON CARBIDE; SILICON NITRIDE; THERMAL EFFECTS; THERMAL GRADIENTS; THERMOOXIDATION;

BIOT NUMBER; CORE SHELL OXIDATION; OXIDATION TEMPERATURE; REACTION BONDED ALUMINUM OXIDE (RBAO); SOLID GAS REACTIONS; SOLID STATE OXIDATION;

ALUMINA;

EID: 0034247560     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: None     Source Type: None    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1151-2916.2000.tb01480.x     Document Type: Article

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