Development of tough α-SiAlON

Key Engineering Materials

Volumn 237, Issue , 2003, Pages 65-78

  Chen, I Wei ^a   Shuba, R A ^a   Zenotchkine, M Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fracture Toughness; Microstructure; Nucleation; Phase Transformation; SiAlON

Indexed keywords

CERAMIC MATERIALS; CRYSTAL MICROSTRUCTURE; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; GROWTH KINETICS; NUCLEATION; PHASE TRANSITIONS; SINGLE CRYSTALS; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

GAS PRESSURE SINTERING;

SILICON COMPOUNDS;

EID: 0037272437     PISSN: 10139826     EISSN: 16629795     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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