Effect of rare earth oxide additives on the phase transformation rates of Si 3N 4

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 89, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 2612-2618

  Kitayama, Mikito ^a,c   Hirao, Kiyoshi ^b,c   Kanzaki, Shuzo ^b,c  

^a FUKUOKA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^c AMERICAN CERAMIC SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHASE TRANSFORMATION; SEGREGATION BEHAVIORS; TRANSFORMATION KINETICS;

ACTIVATION ENERGY; CORRELATION METHODS; HOT PRESSING; PHASE TRANSITIONS; RARE EARTH ADDITIONS; REACTION KINETICS;

ADDITIVES;

EID: 33745960605     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: 15512916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1551-2916.2006.01106.x     Document Type: Article

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