Effect of hard phases grain size on cermets fracture toughness

Fuhe Cailiao Xuebao/Acta Materiae Compositae Sinica

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-6

  Li, Chenhui ^a   Yu, Lixin ^a   Xiong, Weihao ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Cermet; Fracture toughness; Grain size; Ti(C,N); WC

Indexed keywords

CRACKS; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE;

HARD PHASE GRAIN SIZE;

CERMETS;

EID: 0038699446     PISSN: 10003851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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