Densification of carbon-rich boron carbide nanopowder compacts

Journal of Materials Research

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1354-1359

  Cho, Namtae ^a   Silver, Kathleen G ^a   Berta, Yolande ^a   Speyer, Robert F ^a   Vanier, Noel ^b   Hung, Cheng Hung ^b  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b PPG INDUSTRIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENSIFICATION; EUTECTICS; GRAPHITE; INTERFACIAL ENERGY; LIQUID PHASE SINTERING; NANOPARTICLES; VAPORIZATION;

GRAPHITE COATING; NANOPOWDER; SOLID-STATE SINTERING;

BORON CARBIDE;

EID: 34250163480     PISSN: 08842914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2007.0155     Document Type: Article

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