Alternative explanation for the role of magnesia in the sintering of alumina containing small amounts of a liquid phase

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 634-39

  Kim, Byung Ki ^a,c   Hong, Seong Hyeon ^a   Lee, Sang Ho ^a,d   Kim, Doh Yeon ^a   Hwang, Nong Moon ^b  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science   (South Korea)

^c Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology (SAIT)   (South Korea)

^d PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAIN GROWTH; MAGNESIA; MICROSTRUCTURE; SINTERING; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

GRAIN GROWTH INHIBITORS;

ALUMINA;

EID: 0037387979     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1151-2916.2003.tb03351.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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