Interface character distributions in WC-Co composites

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 996-1001

  Kim, Chang Soo ^a,c,d   Massa, Ted R ^b   Rohrer, Gregory S ^a,c  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KENNAMETAL INC   (United States)

^c AMERICAN CERAMIC SOCIETY   (United States)

^d CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; COBALT COMPOUNDS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; GRAIN GROWTH; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; TUNGSTEN COMPOUNDS;

BASAL TO PRISMATIC FACE AREA RATIO; CARBIDE CRYSTALS; ENERGY ANISOTROPY; WC-CO COMPOSITES;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS;

EID: 40449095681     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: 15512916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1551-2916.2007.02226.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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