Pore defects related to slurry character and their relevance to strength distribution in alumina ceramics

Powder Technology

Volumn 134, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 58-64

  Abe, Hiroya ^a   Naito, Makio ^a   Hotta, Tadashi ^b   Kamiya, Hidehiro ^c   Uematsu, Keizo ^d  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN FINE CERAMICS CENTER   (Japan)

^c TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^d NAGAOKA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alumina ceramics; Fracture strength; Granule compaction process; Pore defect; Slurry flocculated state

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; CERAMIC MATERIALS; DEFECTS; PORE SIZE; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

PORE DEFECTS;

POWDERS;

ALUMINUM OXIDE;

CERAMICS; POWDER;

ARTICLE; BIOPROCESS; CERAMICS; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; DRY POWDER; FLOCCULATION; HIGH TEMPERATURE; MICROSCOPY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

EID: 0041328656     PISSN: 00325910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0032-5910(03)00127-X     Document Type: Article

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