Preparation, hardness, and fracture toughness of tantalum oxynitride ceramics

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 90, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 2280-2282

  Matizamhuka, Wallace R ^a   Herrmann, Mathias ^b   Sigalas, Iakovos ^a,c   Sempf, Kerstin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR CERAMIC TECHNOLOGIES AND SYSTEMS   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; HARDNESS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TANTALUM COMPOUNDS;

BADDELEYITE CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; TANTALUM OXYNITRIDE; TOUGHENING MECHANISM;

CERAMIC MATERIALS;

EID: 34547248341     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: 15512916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1551-2916.2007.01697.x     Document Type: Article

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