Hardness degradation in liquid-phase-sintered SiC with prolonged sintering

Journal of the European Ceramic Society

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 3359-3364

  Borrero Lopez O ^a   Pajares, A ^a   Ortiz, A L ^a   Guiberteau, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Hardness; Liquid phase sintering; Mechanical properties; SiC

Indexed keywords

DEGRADATION; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NANOINDENTATION; PHASE INTERFACES; SINTERING; VICKERS HARDNESS; X RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

BERKOVICH NANOINDENTATION; HERTZIAN INDENTATION; LIQUID-PHASE SINTERING; X-RAY ENERGY-DISPERSIVE SPECTROMETRY;

SILICON CARBIDE;

DEGRADATION; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NANOINDENTATION; PHASE INTERFACES; SILICON CARBIDE; SINTERING; VICKERS HARDNESS; X RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 34248592108     PISSN: 09552219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2007.02.189     Document Type: Article

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