Direct observations of debonding of reinforcing grains in silicon nitride ceramics sintered with yttria plus alumina additives

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1222-1226

  Becher, Paul F ^a   Painter, Gayle S ^a   Lance, Michael J ^a   Ii, Seiichiro ^b   Ikuhara, Yuichi ^b  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS NETWORKS; HIGH-RESOLUTION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; REFINFORCING GRAINS; SELF-REFINFORCED SILICON NITRIDES;

ADDITIVES; ALUMINA; CERAMIC MATERIALS; CRACK PROPAGATION; DEBONDING; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EPITAXIAL GROWTH; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MIXTURES; SILICON NITRIDE; SINTERING; YTTRIUM COMPOUNDS;

FIBER REINFORCED MATERIALS;

EID: 27644584127     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1551-2916.2005.00237.x     Document Type: Article

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