Computer-aided control of the evolution of microstructure during sintering

Materials Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 67, Issue 1-3, 2001, Pages 17-24

  Subbanna, Manjunath ^a   Kapur, P C ^a   Pradip, ^a  

^a TATA RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT AND DESIGN CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; COMPUTER CONTROL; DENSIFICATION; GRAIN GROWTH; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROSTRUCTURE; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PORE SIZE; SHRINKAGE; SINTERING; ZIRCONIA;

SOLID STATE SINTERING;

CERAMIC MATERIALS;

EID: 0035157312     PISSN: 02540584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0254-0584(00)00414-4     Document Type: Article

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