The AC conductivity of liquid-phase-sintered silicon carbide

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 90, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 2446-2453

  Sauti, Godfrey ^a   Can, Antoinette ^a   McLachlan, David S ^a   Herrmann, Mathias ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CERAMIC MATERIALS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; HEAT TREATMENT; LIQUID PHASE SINTERING; THERMAL EFFECTS;

COMPLEX DIELECTRIC CONSTANT; ELECTRICAL RESULTS; EXCITATION VOLTAGE DEPENDENT; IMMITTANCE SPECTRA;

SILICON CARBIDE;

EID: 34547699927     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: 15512916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1551-2916.2007.01792.x     Document Type: Article

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