The effect of dielectric properties of sintering additives on microwave sintered silicon nitride ceramics

Journal of Microwave Power and Electromagnetic Energy

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 4-14

  Chockalingam, Sreekumar ^a   George, Jacob ^b   Earl, David ^a   Amarakoon, Vasantha R W ^a  

^a ALFRED UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Corning Incorporated ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Dielectric properties; FDTD microwave sintering; Silicon nitride

Indexed keywords

CERAMIC MATERIALS; DIELECTRIC DEVICES; DIELECTRIC LOSSES; DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES; ELECTROMAGNETIC SIMULATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; LIQUID PHASE SINTERING; MAGNESIA; MICROWAVE GENERATION; NITRIDES; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; PYROMETERS; SILICON NITRIDE; ZIRCONIA;

CAVITY PERTURBATION TECHNIQUE; DENSIFICATION BEHAVIOR; FINITE -DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAINS (FDTD); MICROWAVE SINTERING; SILICON NITRIDE CERAMICS; SINTERING TEMPERATURES; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENT; TEMPERATURE EVOLUTION;

ADDITIVES;

EID: 58249129702     PISSN: 08327823     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08327823.2007.11688582     Document Type: Article

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