Formation and sintering mechanisms of reaction bonded silicon carbide-boron carbide composites

Key Engineering Materials

Volumn 352, Issue , 2007, Pages 207-212

  Chen, Z F ^a   Su, Y C ^b   Cheng, Y B ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Boron carbide; Composites; Electron microscopy; SiC; Sintering

Indexed keywords

BORON CARBIDE; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MICROSTRUCTURE; REACTION KINETICS; SINTERING;

GRAPHITE MIXTURES; REACTION SINTERING; SILICON CARBIDE-BORON CARBIDE COMPOSITES;

SILICON CARBIDE;

EID: 34748879033     PISSN: 10139826     EISSN: 16629795     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.4028/0-87849-454-5.207     Document Type: Conference Paper

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