Preparation of Ca α-SiAlON powders with rod-like crystals by combustion synthesis

Ceramics International

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 411-416

  Liu, Guanghua ^a   Chen, Kexin ^a   Zhou, Heping ^a   Ning, Xiaoshan ^a   Pereira, C ^b   Ferreira, J M F ^b  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

A. Powders: solid state reaction; B. Whiskers; D. Sialon

Indexed keywords

COMBUSTION; CRYSTAL GROWTH; CRYSTAL WHISKERS; NUCLEATION; SILICON COMPOUNDS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

LIQUID PHASE PRECIPITATION; POWDERS: SOLID-STATE REACTION; SIALON;

CERAMIC MATERIALS;

EID: 33344465528     PISSN: 02728842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ceramint.2005.03.017     Document Type: Article

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