Transmittance and cathodoluminescence of AlN ceramics sintered with Ca3Al2O6 as sintering additive

Ceramics International

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 943-946

  Honma, Takayuki ^a   Kuroki, Yuichiro ^a   Okamoto, Tomoichiro ^a   Takata, Masasuke ^a   Kanechika, Yukihiro ^b   Azuma, Masanobu ^b   Taniguchi, Hitofumi ^b  

^a NAGAOKA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b TOKUYAMA CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aluminum nitride; Ca3Al2O6; Cathodoluminescence; Transmittance

Indexed keywords

ADDITIVES; CALCIUM COMPOUNDS; CATHODOLUMINESCENCE; CERAMIC MATERIALS; DEFECT DENSITY; OPACITY; SINTERING;

ALUMINUM NITRIDE CERAMICS; CATHODOLUMINESCENCE INTENSITY; OXYGEN INDUCED DEFECTS; TRANSMITTANCE;

ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 42649130374     PISSN: 02728842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ceramint.2007.09.062     Document Type: Article

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