Continuous functionally graded boron carbide-aluminum nanocomposites by spark plasma sintering

Materials Science and Engineering: A

Volumn 493, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 251-255

  Hulbert, Dustin M ^a   Jiang, Dongtao ^a   Anselmi Tamburini, Umberto ^a,b   Unuvar, Cosan ^a   Mukherjee, Amiya K ^a  

^a University of California Davis   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aluminum; Boron carbide; Functionally graded materials; Nanocomposite; Spark plasma sintering

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS; BORON CARBIDE; CERMETS; FUNCTIONALLY GRADED MATERIALS; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; HARDNESS; NANOCOMPOSITES; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

DENSITY GRADIENTS; FRACTURE SURFACES; FUNCTIONALLY GRADED; GRADUAL CHANGES; GRAINSIZE; MELT INFILTRATION; MICROSTRUCTURAL DEFECTS; SPARK-PLASMA-SINTERING; X- RAY DIFFRACTIONS; X-RAY DIFFRACTION DATA;

SPARK PLASMA SINTERING;

EID: 49849091230     PISSN: 09215093     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.msea.2007.05.124     Document Type: Article

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