Microstructure of silicon nitride containing β-phase seeds: II

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 85, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 2331-2336

  Lu, Horng Hwa ^a   Huang, Jow Lay ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b AMERICAN CERAMIC SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MICROSTRUCTURE; SINTERING; VOLUME FRACTION;

CRACK BRANCHING;

SILICON NITRIDE;

EID: 0036738991     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1151-2916.2002.tb00456.x     Document Type: Article

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