Study on the anisotropic growth of rod-like Yb α-SiAlON crystals prepared by combustion synthesis

Journal of Materials Research

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 3408-3413

  Liu, Guanghua ^a   Chen, Kexin ^a   Zhou, Heping ^a   Ferreira, J M F ^b  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; CERAMIC MATERIALS; CRYSTAL GROWTH; CRYSTAL LATTICES; CRYSTAL MICROSTRUCTURE; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; GRAIN GROWTH; NUCLEATION; REACTION KINETICS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

ANISOTROPIC GROWTH; COMBUSTION SYNTHESIS;

SILICON COMPOUNDS;

EID: 11244299754     PISSN: 08842914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/JMR.2004.0439     Document Type: Article

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