Density- and hardness-optimized pressureless sintered and post-hot isostatic pressed B4C

Journal of Materials Research

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 2110-2116

  Cho, Namtae ^a   Bao, Zhihao ^a   Speyer, Robert F ^a  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENSIFICATION; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); HARDNESS; HOT ISOSTATIC PRESSING; SINTERING; TEMPERATURE; VICKERS HARDNESS TESTING; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

RELATIVE DENSITIES; SOAK TEMPERATURE;

BORON CARBIDE;

EID: 28844451226     PISSN: 08842914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/JMR.2005.0260     Document Type: Article

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