Electrical Properties of Boron Nitride Matrix Composites: I, Analysis of McLachlan Equation and Modeling of the Conductivity of Boron Nitride-Boron Carbide and Boron Nitride-Silicon Carbide Composites

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 84, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 1490-1496

  Runyan, Julie ^a,c   Gerhardt, Rosario A ^a   Ruh, Robert ^b  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSAL TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION   (United States)

^c Synaps Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; BORON COMPOUNDS; COMPOSITION EFFECTS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; EQUATIONS OF STATE; HOT PRESSING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROSTRUCTURE; PERCOLATION (FLUIDS); PHASE COMPOSITION; VOLUME FRACTION;

BORON NITRIDE; BORON NITRIDE MATRIX COMPOSITES; CONDUCTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; INSULATOR-CONDUCTOR COMPOSITES; MCLACHLAN EQUATION;

CERAMIC MATRIX COMPOSITES;

EID: 0035413130     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1151-2916.2001.tb00866.x     Document Type: Article

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