Subsurface indentation damage and mechanical characterization of α-sialon ceramics

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 87, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 2114-2124

  Xie, Z H ^a   Hoffman, M ^a   Moon, R J ^a   Munroe, P R ^a   Cheng, Y B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Indentation; Mechanical properties; SiAlON

Indexed keywords

CRACK INITIATION; CRACKS; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; HARDNESS; HOT PRESSING; INDENTATION; MICROSTRUCTURE; MORPHOLOGY; POLYCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SINTERING; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

DEPTH-SENSING INDENTATION (DSI); GRAIN ORIENTATION; INDENTATION DAMAGE; VICKERS INDENTATION;

CERAMIC MATERIALS;

EID: 10844241649     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1151-2916.2004.tb06368.x     Document Type: Article

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