Wear behaviour of α-Si3N4 ceramics reinforced by rod-like β-Si3N4 grains

Wear

Volumn 254, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 94-102

  Nakamura, Masateru ^a   Hirao, Kiyoshi ^b   Yamauchi, Yukihiko ^b   Kanzaki, Shuzo ^b  

^a Fine Ceramics Research Association   (Japan)

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

Author keywords

Si3N4; Si3N4; Grain morphology

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; CERAMIC MATERIALS; CRACK INITIATION; LUBRICANTS; MICROSTRUCTURE; SILICON NITRIDE; TRIBOLOGY;

BLOCK-ON-RING TESTS;

WEAR OF MATERIALS;

CERAMICS; MICROSTRUCTURE; SILICON NITRIDE; SLIDING FRICTION; WEAR; WEAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 0037253907     PISSN: 00431648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0043-1648(02)00293-4     Document Type: Article

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