Liquid-phase growth of small crystals for seeding α-SiAlON ceramics

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 87, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1040-1046

  Zenotchkine, M ^a   Shuba, R ^a   Chen, I Wei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL GROWTH; CRYSTAL MICROSTRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; GRAIN GROWTH; MORPHOLOGY; NUCLEATION; PHASE COMPOSITION; POWDERS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; SILICON COMPOUNDS; SINTERING; THERMAL EFFECTS;

LIQUID PHASE SINTERING; NITROGEN PRESSURE; SEED CRYSTALS; SINGLE PHASE SMALL CRYSTALS;

CERAMIC MATERIALS;

EID: 3142713683     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1551-2916.2004.01040.x     Document Type: Article

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