Fabrication and test of reaction bond silicon carbide for optical applications

Transactions of Nonferrous Metals Society of China (English Edition)

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 409-413

  Yao, Wang ^a   Zhang, Yu Min ^a   Han, Jie Cai ^a   Zuo, Hong Bo ^a  

^a HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Fabrication; Optical applications; Polishability; Property measurement; RBSiC; Silicon carbide

Indexed keywords

BONDING; ELASTIC MODULI; FABRICATION; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; MIRRORS; OPTICAL DEVICES; POLYCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; SPECIFIC HEAT; STIFFNESS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

OPTICAL APPLICATIONS; POLISHABILITY; PROPERTY MEASUREMENT; REACTION BOND SILICON CARBIDE;

SILICON CARBIDE;

EID: 33745640969     PISSN: 10036326     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1003-6326(06)60070-8     Document Type: Article

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