α-SiAlON ceramics with elongated grain morphology using an alternative sintering additive

Materials Letters

Volumn 58, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1792-1796

  Santos, C ^a   Strecker, K ^a   Ribeiro, S ^a   De Souza, J V C ^b   Silva, O M M ^c   Da Silva, C R M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO DE AERONÁUTICA E ESPAÇO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

SiAlON; Mechanical properties; Microstructure; Sintering additive

Indexed keywords

ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; HARDNESS; HEATING; LATTICE CONSTANTS; MICROSTRUCTURE; MORPHOLOGY; OXIDATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILICON COMPOUNDS; SINTERING; YTTRIUM COMPOUNDS;

Α-SIALON; SINTERING ADDITIVE;

CERAMIC MATERIALS;

EID: 1542302787     PISSN: 0167577X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matlet.2003.10.054     Document Type: Article

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