Green machining to net shape alumina ceramics prepared using different processing routes

International Journal of Applied Ceramic Technology

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 262-270

  Dhara, Santanu ^a,b   Su, Bo ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; CARBIDES; DIAMONDS; MACHINING; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; ROUGHNESS MEASUREMENT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; WEAR OF MATERIALS;

COMPUTER NUMERICALLY CONTROLLED MACHINING; GREEN MACHINING; NET SHAPE MANUFACTURING;

CERAMIC MATERIALS;

EID: 21944435735     PISSN: 1546542X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7402.2005.02021.x     Document Type: Article

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