Effect of starting composition, type of rare earth sintering additive and amount of liquid phase on α ⇄ β sialon transformation

Journal of the European Ceramic Society

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 599-613

  Camuşcu, Necip ^b   Thompson, Derek P ^b   Mandal, Hasan ^a  

^a ANADOLU UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NONE

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EID: 0042262667     PISSN: 09552219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0955-2219(96)00112-4     Document Type: Article

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