Influence of the rare-earth element on the mechanical properties of RE-Mg-bearing silicon nitride

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 88, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 2485-2490

  Satet, Raphaëlle L ^a,b   Hoffmann, Michael J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^b AMERICAN CERAMIC SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROGRAPHS; PHASE CHANGES; RARE EARTH CATIONS; SILICON NITRIDE BULK CERAMICS;

BENDING STRENGTH; CERAMIC MATERIALS; CRACKS; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; RARE EARTH ELEMENTS;

SILICON NITRIDE;

EID: 27644491056     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1551-2916.2005.00421.x     Document Type: Article

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