TiO2 additives for in situ formation of toughened silicon nitride-based composites

Materials Letters

Volumn 57, Issue 26-27, 2003, Pages 4156-4161

  Duan, Ren Guan ^a   Roebben, Gert ^a   Vleugels, Jef ^a   Van der Biest, Omer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Grain boundaries; In situ composites; Mechanical properties; Silicon nitride; Sintering; TiO2 additive

Indexed keywords

BENDING (DEFORMATION); CRACK PROPAGATION; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; REINFORCEMENT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILICON NITRIDE; SINTERING; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

INTERGRANULAR GLASS PHASES;

TITANIUM OXIDES;

EID: 0042061360     PISSN: 0167577X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-577X(03)00282-9     Document Type: Article

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