Thermal microstress measurements in Al2O3/SiC nanocomposites by Cr3+ fluorescence microscopy

Journal of the European Ceramic Society

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1779-1783

  Ortiz Merino, J L ^a   Todd, R I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Al2O3; Nanocomposites; Spectroscopy; Thermal expansion; Wear resistance

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; FLUORESCENCE; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; SILICON CARBIDE; THERMAL EXPANSION; THERMAL STRESS; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

MICROSTRESS;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

FLUORESCENCE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MICROSCOPY; SILICON CARBIDE; STRESS; WEAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 0037643496     PISSN: 09552219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0955-2219(02)00446-6     Document Type: Article

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