Self-reinforced α-SiAlON ceramics with improved damage tolerance developed by a new processing strategy

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 85, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 2876-2878

  Shen, Zhijian ^a   Peng, Hong ^a   Pettersson, Pernilla ^a   Nygren, Mats ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; CRACK INITIATION; CRYSTAL MICROSTRUCTURE; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; GRAIN GROWTH; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; HARDNESS; SILICON COMPOUNDS; SINTERING; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

DYNAMIC RIPENING; GRAIN COARSENING; THERMAL SHOCK;

CERAMIC MATERIALS;

EID: 0036863668     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1151-2916.2002.tb00550.x     Document Type: Article

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