On a ferroelastic mechanism governing the toughness of metastable tetragonal-prime (t′) yttria-stabilized zirconia

Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 463, Issue 2081, 2007, Pages 1393-1408

  Mercer, C ^a   Williams, J R ^a   Clarke, D R ^a   Evans, A G ^a  

^a University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

Ferroelastcity; Toughening; Transmission electron microscopy; Yttria stabilized zirconia

Indexed keywords

EID: 36248940103     PISSN: 13645021     EISSN: 14712946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspa.2007.1829     Document Type: Article

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