Optical properties of Gd-α-sialon ceramics: Effect of carbon contamination

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 88, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 2304-2306

  Chen, Wei Wu ^a,c   Su, Xin Lu ^a   Wang, Pei Ling ^a   Yan, Dong Sheng ^a   Cheng, Yi Bing ^b   Watari, Koji ^c  

^a SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF CERAMICS   (China)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CONTAMINATION; GADOLINIUM; HOT PRESSING; LUMINESCENCE; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SINTERING;

Α-SIALON CERAMICS; CARBON CONTAMINATION; PACKING METHODS; TRANSLUCENCE;

CERAMIC MATERIALS;

EID: 27644502295     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1551-2916.2005.00385.x     Document Type: Article

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