Fractal modelling of medium-high porosity SiC ceramics

Journal of the European Ceramic Society

Volumn 28, Issue 14, 2008, Pages 2809-2814

  Atzeni, Cirillo ^a   Pia, Giorgio ^a   Sanna, Ulrico ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fractal geometry; Porosity; SiC; Sintering

Indexed keywords

BUILDING MATERIALS; CERAMIC MATERIALS; LITHOGRAPHY; MERCURY (METAL); PARAMETER ESTIMATION; POLYACRYLONITRILES; PORE SIZE; POROSITY; SILICON CARBIDE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; TITRATION;

COMMON STRUCTURES; FRACTAL MODELS; HIGH POROSITY; HIGH-VOLUME FRACTIONS; MERCURY INTRUSION POROSIMETRY (MIP); PORE-SIZE DISTRIBUTION (PSD); SIC CERAMICS; SIC-BASED CERAMICS;

FRACTALS;

EID: 48449101862     PISSN: 09552219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2008.03.039     Document Type: Article

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