Depletion of grain-boundary phase and elastic creep deformation upon ultra-long flexural stress rupture experiments of NC-132 silicon nitride

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1286-1290

  Kleebe, Hans Joachim ^a,d   Braue, Wolfgang ^b   Quinn, George D ^c,d  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d AMERICAN CERAMIC SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELASTIC CREEP; FLEXURAL STRESS; FLEXURE TESTING; SECONDARY GLASS PHASE;

BENDING STRENGTH; CREEP; DOPING (ADDITIVES); ELASTIC DEFORMATION; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; MAGNESIA; NUCLEATION;

SILICON NITRIDE;

EID: 34247106730     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: 15512916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1551-2916.2007.01586.x     Document Type: Article

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