Dense Zirconia-SiC Platelet Composites made by Pressureless Sintering and Hot Pressing

Journal of the European Ceramic Society

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 913-920

  Miao, Xigeng ^a   Mark Rainforth, W ^a   Lee, William E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDITION REACTIONS; BOROSILICATE GLASS; DENSIFICATION; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; HOT PRESSING; SILICON CARBIDE; SINTERING; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; TOUGHENING; VOLUME FRACTION; ZIRCONIA;

CRACK DEFLECTION; PRESSURELESS SINTERING; THERMAL MISMATCH STRESS; TRANSFORMATION TOUGHENING; TRANSFORMATION ZONE SIZE; ZIRCONIA SILICON CARBIDE PLATELET COMPOSITES;

CERAMIC MATRIX COMPOSITES;

EID: 0042728065     PISSN: 09552219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0955-2219(97)80001-5     Document Type: Article

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