Toughness-hardness trade-off in advanced SiC armor

Ceramic Transactions

Volumn 151, Issue , 2003, Pages 37-48

  Flinders, Marc ^a   Ray, Darin ^a   Cutler, Raymond A ^a  

^a CERAMATEC INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CERAMIC ARMORS; CRACK BRIDGING; RIETVELD ANALYSIS;

ANNEALING; ASPECT RATIO; CORROSION RESISTANCE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FRACTURE; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; HARDNESS; HARDNESS TESTING; MICROSTRUCTURE; SILICON CARBIDE; SINTERING; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

ARMOR;

EID: 2142756660     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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