Alumina agglomerate effects on toughness-curve behavior of alumina-mullite composites

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 83, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 3089-3094

  Khan, Ajmal ^a,c   Chan, Helen M ^a   Harmer, Martin P ^a   Cook, Robert F ^b  

^a Lehigh University   (United States)

^b University of Minnesota   (United States)

^c U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; INDENTATION; POLYCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; RESIDUAL STRESSES; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; TOUGHNESS;

AGGLOMERATE CONTENT; BRIDGE POTENCY; BRIDGE SPACING; MULLITE;

CERAMIC MATERIALS;

EID: 0034506113     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1151-2916.2000.tb01687.x     Document Type: Article

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