Sialon ceramics prepared by using CaH2 as a sintering additive

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 91, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 2997-3004

  Cai, Yanbing ^a   Shen, Zhijian ^a   Grins, Jekabs ^a   Esmaeilzadeh, Saeid ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIQUID-PHASE SINTERING; SIALON CERAMICS;

SINTERING;

EID: 51149107390     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: 15512916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1551-2916.2008.02549.x     Document Type: Article

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