Combustion synthesized ZnO powders for varistor ceramics

International Journal of Inorganic Materials

Volumn 1, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 235-241

  Sousa, V C ^a   Segadaes A M ^b   Morelli, M R ^a   Kiminami, R H G A ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

A. ceramics; A. electronic materials; B. chemical synthesis; C. electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039726838     PISSN: 14666049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1466-6049(99)00036-7     Document Type: Article

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