Constrained Sintering of Silver Circuit Paste

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 187-191

  Lin, Yun Chiang ^a   Jean, Jau Ho ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b AMERICAN CERAMIC SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CERAMIC MATERIALS; DENSIFICATION; DIFFUSION; LATTICE CONSTANTS; MULTILAYERS; POLYCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; REACTION KINETICS; SHRINKAGE; SILVER; SINTERING; TENSILE STRESS;

DENSIFICATION MECHANISMS; LATTICE DIFFUSION;

METALLIC FILMS;

EID: 1542335609     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1551-2916.2004.00187.x     Document Type: Article

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