Optically transparent polycrystalline Al2O3 produced by spark plasma sintering

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 151-154

  Jiang, Dongtao ^a   Hulbert, Dustin M ^a   Anselmi Tamburini, Umberto ^a   Ng, Terry ^b   Land, Donald ^b   Mukherjee, Amiya K ^a  

^a University of California   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RESIDUAL POROSITY; TRANSMITTANCE; VACANCY CONCENTRATION;

ANNEALING; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; HEATING RATE; POLYCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; POROSITY; SPARK PLASMA SINTERING;

ALUMINA;

EID: 37849005329     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: 15512916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1551-2916.2007.02086.x     Document Type: Article

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