Fracture toughness of Si3N4 processed by gas pressure sintering and hot pressing

Materials Research

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 143-146

  Rocha, Cláudio V ^a   Costa, Célio A ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Fracture toughness; Gas pressure sintering; Hot pressing; Silicon nitride

Indexed keywords

FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; HOT PRESSING; MICROSTRUCTURE; SINTERING;

CHEVRON NOTCH BEAM (CNB); SINGLE EDGE V-NOTCH BEAM (SEVNB);

SILICON NITRIDE;

EID: 33745440220     PISSN: 15161439     EISSN: 15161439     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1516-14392006000200006     Document Type: Article

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