Macro- To atomic-scale tailoring of Si3N4 ceramics to enhance properties

Key Engineering Materials

Volumn 287, Issue , 2005, Pages 233-241

  Becher, Paul F ^a   Painter, Gayle S ^a   Shibata, Naoya ^a   Lin, Hua Tay ^a   Ferber, Mattison K ^a  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Composition; Creep resistance; Elongated grains; Fracture toughness; Intergranular films; Microstructure; Silicon nitride ceramics

Indexed keywords

CERAMIC MATERIALS; CREEP RESISTANCE; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; MICROSTRUCTURE; SEGREGATION (METALLOGRAPHY);

ELONGATED GRAINS; INTERGRANULAR FILMS; SILICON NITRIDE CERAMICS;

SILICON NITRIDE;

EID: 33845965962     PISSN: 10139826     EISSN: 16629795     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.4028/0-87849-965-2.233     Document Type: Conference Paper

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