Processing, fracture toughness, and vickers hardness of allylhydridopolycarbosilane-derived silicon carbide

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 342-346

  Moraes, Kevin V ^a,c   Interrante, Leonard V ^b  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Research Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

^c APPLIED MATERIALS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CERAMIC MATERIALS; DENSITY MEASUREMENT (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; HEAT TREATMENT; INDENTATION; MICROHARDNESS; POROSITY; PYROLYSIS; VICKERS HARDNESS TESTING;

PRECURSORS; REINFILTRATION;

SILICON CARBIDE;

EID: 0037303277     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1151-2916.2003.tb00020.x     Document Type: Article

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