Grain boundary chemistry of SiC-based armor

Ceramic Engineering and Science Proceedings

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 69-84

  Pabit, Edgardo ^a   Siebein, Kerry ^a   Butt, Darryl P ^a   Heinrich, Helge ^b   Ray, Darin ^c   Kaur, Sarbjit ^c   Flinders, R Marc ^c   Cutler, Raymond A ^c  

^a University of Florida   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^c CERAMATEC INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY-FILTERED APPROACH; QUANTITATIVE FRACTURE MODE; SINGLE-EDGE PRECRACKED BEAM (SEPB);

ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; HOT PRESSING; SILICON CARBIDE;

ARMOR;

EID: 33845955228     PISSN: 01966219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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