Spark plasma sintering of Zr- and Hf-borides with decreasing amounts of MoSi2 as sintering aid

Journal of the European Ceramic Society

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1287-1296

  Sciti, D ^a   Silvestroni, L ^a   Nygren, M ^b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Borides; HfB2; Microstructure; MoSi2; Spark plasma sintering; ZrB2

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL MICROSTRUCTURE; DENSIFICATION; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; MOLYBDENUM COMPOUNDS; SILICON CARBIDE; SPARK PLASMA SINTERING; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; VICKERS HARDNESS;

SINTERING AID;

BORIDES;

BORIDES; CRYSTAL MICROSTRUCTURE; DENSIFICATION; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; MOLYBDENUM COMPOUNDS; SILICON CARBIDE; SPARK PLASMA SINTERING; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; VICKERS HARDNESS;

EID: 38849205728     PISSN: 09552219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2007.09.043     Document Type: Article

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