Effect of dewaxing procedures of cold isostatically pressed silicon nitride ceramics on its microstructure and fracture strength

Advanced Powder Technology

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 505-517

  Hotta, Tadashi ^a   Abe, Hiroya ^a   Fukui, Takehisa ^a   Naito, Makio ^a   Shinohara, Nobuhiro ^b   Uematsu, Keizo ^c  

^a JAPAN FINE CERAMICS CENTER   (Japan)

^b ASAHI GLASS CO LTD   (Japan)

^c NAGAOKA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cold isostatic pressing; Dewax; Mechanical properties; Microstructure; Powder compaction process

Indexed keywords

COMPACTION; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; DEWAXING; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; MICROSTRUCTURE; PORE SIZE; PRESSING (FORMING);

COLD ISOSTATIC PRESSING; GRANULES; PORE STRUCTURE; TRANSPARENCY TECHNIQUE;

SILICON NITRIDE;

EID: 0345357267     PISSN: 09218831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156855203322448309     Document Type: Article

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