Addition of Al-Ti-C master alloys and diopside to improve the performance of alumina matrix ceramic materials

Ceramics International

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1149-1154

  Liu, Changxia ^a,b   Zhang, Jianhua ^a   Sun, Junlong ^a,b   Zhang, Xihua ^a   Hu, Yujing ^a  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b LUDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Al Ti C master alloys; Alumina; B. Composites; Toughening

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; BENDING STRENGTH; CERAMIC MATERIALS; LIQUID PHASE SINTERING; METALLIC MATRIX COMPOSITES; TERNARY ALLOYS; TOUGHENING;

AL-TI-C MASTER ALLOYS; ALUMINA MATRIX CERAMIC MATERIALS;

ALUMINUM ALLOYS;

EID: 34547453787     PISSN: 02728842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ceramint.2006.03.018     Document Type: Article

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