Effect of niobium doping on the densification and grain growth in alumina

Ceramics International

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1183-1187

  Hsu, Yung Fu ^a   Wang, Sea Fue ^a   Wang, Yuh Ruey ^a   Chen, Shih Chueh ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

A. Grain growth; A. Sintering; Densification; Dopant

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DENSIFICATION; DOPING (ADDITIVES); GRAIN GROWTH; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NIOBIUM COMPOUNDS; SINTERING;

DOPANT CONCENTRATION; NIOBIUM OXIDE; SINTERING TEMPERATURE;

ALUMINA;

EID: 43449107660     PISSN: 02728842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ceramint.2007.02.010     Document Type: Article

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