Microstructure and fracture toughness of a spark plasma sintered Al2O3-based composite with BaTiO3 particulates

Journal of the European Ceramic Society

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1269-1276

  Rattanachan, Sirirat ^a   Miyashita, Yukio ^a   Mutoh, Yoshiharu ^a  

^a NAGAOKA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Al2O3; BaTiO3; Composites; Sintering; Toughness and toughening

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; BARIUM TITANATE; DENSIFICATION; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; GRAIN GROWTH; MICROSTRUCTURE; PLASMA APPLICATIONS; SINTERING;

SPARK PLASMA SINTERING (SPS);

COMPOSITE MATERIALS;

FRACTURE TOUGHNESS;

EID: 0037411619     PISSN: 09552219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0955-2219(02)00294-7     Document Type: Article

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