Spinel armor - Clearly the way to go

Ceramic Engineering and Science Proceedings

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 441-446

  Patterson, Mark C L ^a   DiGiovanni, Anthony ^a   Roy, Don W ^b   Gilde, Gary ^c  

^a TA and T Inc   (United States)

^b US Army Research Laboratory ^*  (United States)

^c U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BALLISTICS; HOT ISOSTATIC PRESSING; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; MATERIALS TESTING; OPTICAL MATERIALS; POLYCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; TRANSPARENCY;

MAGNESIUM ALUMINATE; SPINEL; TRANSPARENT ARMOR;

MAGNESIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 0344897736     PISSN: 01966219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470294802.ch63     Document Type: Conference Paper

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