A Simple Direct Casting Route to Ceramic Foams

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 86, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1645-1650

  Dhara, Santanu ^a   Bhargava, Parag ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASTING; MICROSTRUCTURE; POROSITY; RHEOLOGY;

METAL FOAMS;

CERAMIC FOAMS;

EID: 0242303085     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1151-2916.2003.tb03534.x     Document Type: Article

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