In situ bend testing of niobium-reinforced alumina nanocomposites with and without single-walled carbon nanotubes

Materials Science and Engineering: A

Volumn 493, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 256-260

  Thomson, Katherine E ^a   Jiang, Dongtao ^a   Lemberg, Joseph A ^b   Koester, Kurt J ^b   Ritchie, Robert O ^b   Mukherjee, Amiya K ^a  

^a University of California   (United States)

^b Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Al2O3; Carbon nanotubes; Fracture toughness; Nanocomposites; Nb; Spark plasma sintering (SPS)

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; ALUMINUM OXIDE; DUCTILE FRACTURE; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; NANOCRYSTALS; NIOBIUM; REINFORCED PLASTICS; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN); SPARK PLASMA SINTERING; YARN;

BEND SPECIMENS; BEND TESTING; FRACTURE SURFACES; NANOCRYSTALLINE ALUMINAS; NB; NIOBIUM ADDITIONS; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON; SPARK PLASMA SINTERING; SPARK-PLASMA-SINTERING; VICKERS;

NANOCOMPOSITES;

EID: 49849089367     PISSN: 09215093     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.msea.2007.05.123     Document Type: Article

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