Aqueous slip casting of transparent yttrium aluminum garnet (YAG) ceramics

Ceramics International

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1309-1313

  Appiagyei, Kwadwo A ^a   Messing, Gary L ^b   Dumm, John Q ^c  

^a KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c II VI Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

A. Slip casting; Dispersion; Transparent ceramics; Vacuum sintering; Yttrium aluminum garnet

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; BINDERS; GARNETS; OPACITY; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; SINTERING;

SLIP CASTING; TRANSPARENT CERAMICS; VACUUM SINTERING; YTTRIUM ALUMINUM GARNET;

CERAMIC PRODUCTS;

EID: 43449088830     PISSN: 02728842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ceramint.2007.03.010     Document Type: Article

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