Time-of-flight Rietveld neutron structure refinement and quantum chemistry study of Y-α-sialon

Journal of the European Ceramic Society

Volumn 26, Issue 16, 2006, Pages 3925-3931

  Smrčok, L'ubomír ^a   Salamon, David ^a   Scholtzová, Eva ^a   Richardson Jr , James W ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

^b ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Neutron diffraction; Powders solid state reactions; Rietveld refinement; Si3N4; Sialon

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; COMPOSITION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; NEUTRON DIFFRACTION; TEMPERATURE;

POWDERS-SOLID STATE REACTIONS; RIETVELD REFINEMENT; SIALON;

CERAMIC MATERIALS;

ANISOTROPY; CERAMIC MATERIALS; COMPOSITION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; NEUTRON DIFFRACTION; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 33748689909     PISSN: 09552219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2005.11.006     Document Type: Article

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