α-SiAlON ceramics obtained by slip casting and pressureless sintering

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 366-368

  Xu, Xin ^a   Oliveira, Marta I L L ^a   Ferreira, José M F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENSIFICATION; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; HOT PRESSING; MICROSTRUCTURE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILICON COMPOUNDS; SINTERING; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

PRESSURELESS SINTERING;

CERAMIC MATERIALS;

EID: 0037303194     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1151-2916.2003.tb00027.x     Document Type: Article

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