Grain-boundary wetting-dewetting in z = 1 SiAlON ceramic

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 85, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 3049-3053

  Kleebe, Hans Joachim ^a,b   Pezzotti, Giuseppe ^a,b  

^a Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

^b KYOTO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS FILMS; COMPOSITION; CRYSTAL MICROSTRUCTURE; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); INTERNAL FRICTION; POLYCRYSTALS; QUENCHING; SILICON COMPOUNDS; THERMAL EFFECTS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WETTING;

DEWETTING; MULTIGRAIN JUNCTIONS; THERMALLY ACTIVATED PROCESSES;

CERAMIC MATERIALS;

EID: 0036972653     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1151-2916.2002.tb00577.x     Document Type: Article

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