Fracture toughness of a toughened silicon nitride by ASTM C 1421

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1043-1045

  Quinn, George D ^a   Swab, Jeffrey J ^b   Motyka, Matthew J ^c,d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Dynamic Science Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEAMS AND GIRDERS; CRACKS; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; INDENTATION; MECHANICAL TESTING; SINTERING; STANDARDS; SURFACES; TOUGHENING;

CHEVRON NOTCHED BEAM; KNOOP INDENTATION; SINGLE EDGE PRECRACKED BEAM; SINGLE EDGE PRECRACKED BEAMS; TOUGHNENED SILICON NITRIDE;

SILICON NITRIDE;

EID: 0038819526     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1151-2916.2003.tb03419.x     Document Type: Article

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