Transparent alumina with submicrometer grains by float packing and sintering

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 85, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 2449-2456

  Godlinski, Dirk ^a   Kuntz, Meinhard ^a   Grathwohl, Georg ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b AMERICAN CERAMIC SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOAT PACKING; SUBMICROMETER GRAINS;

CERAMIC MATERIALS; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; POLYCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; SINTERING; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

ALUMINA;

EID: 0036806267     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1151-2916.2002.tb00479.x     Document Type: Article

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