Microstructural characterization of high-thermal-conductivity aluminum nitride ceramic

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 85, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 3093-3095

  Nakano, Hiromi ^a,b   Watari, Koji ^a,b   Hayashi, Hiroyuki ^a,b   Urabe, Kazuyori ^a  

^a RYUKOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS MATERIALS; CRYSTAL MICROSTRUCTURE; FIRING (OF MATERIALS); GRAIN BOUNDARIES; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; SINGLE CRYSTALS; SINTERING; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY SPECTROSCOPY; YTTRIUM COMPOUNDS;

AMORPHOUS PHASE; HIGH THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; SINTERING AID;

ALUMINUM NITRIDE;

EID: 0036967845     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1151-2916.2002.tb00587.x     Document Type: Article

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