Microwave sintering of alumina at 2.45 GHz

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 86, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1307-1312

  Brosnan, Kristen H ^a   Messing, Gary L ^a   Agrawal, Dinesh K ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; DENSIFICATION; DIFFUSION IN SOLIDS; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; INFRARED DEVICES; MICROSTRUCTURE; MICROWAVE HEATING; PYROMETERS; REACTION KINETICS; SINTERING; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

INFRARED PYROMETER; MICROWAVE SINTERING;

ALUMINA;

EID: 0042430612     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1151-2916.2003.tb03467.x     Document Type: Article

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