Transparent yttrium aluminum garnet (YAG) ceramics by spark plasma sintering

Journal of the European Ceramic Society

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 3331-3337

  Chaim, Rachman ^a   Kalina, Michael ^a   Shen, James Z ^b  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Grain growth; Hot pressing; Optical properties; Spark plasma sintering

Indexed keywords

DENSIFICATION; DENSITY CONTROL (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); FABRICATION; GARNETS; GRAIN GROWTH; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; HOT PRESSING; MICROMETERS; NANOCRYSTALLINE POWDERS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SPARK PLASMA SINTERING; TEMPERATURE;

NANO-GRAIN ROTATION; NANOCRYSTALLINE YTTRIUM ALUMINUM GARNET;

CERAMIC MATERIALS;

CERAMIC MATERIALS; DENSIFICATION; DENSITY CONTROL (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); FABRICATION; GARNETS; GRAIN GROWTH; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; HOT PRESSING; MICROMETERS; NANOCRYSTALLINE POWDERS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SPARK PLASMA SINTERING; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 34248569349     PISSN: 09552219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2007.02.193     Document Type: Article

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