Current isolation in spark plasma sintering of conductive and nonconductive ceramics

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 91, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 3448-3450

  Carney, Carmen M ^a   Mah, Tai Il ^a  

^a UES INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SYSTEMATIC STUDY;

BUILDING MATERIALS; ELECTRIC SPARKS; PLASMA DIAGNOSTICS; PLASMAS; SINTERING; SPARK PLASMA SINTERING;

CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 53449097997     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: 15512916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1551-2916.2008.02630.x     Document Type: Article

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