Hot pressing of nanocrystalline zinc oxide compacts: Densification and grain growth during sintering

Ceramics International

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 991-995

  Mazaheri, Mehdi ^a   Hassanzadeh Tabrizi, S A ^a   Sadrnezhaad, S K ^a  

^a MATERIALS AND ENERGY RESEARCH CENTER   (Iran)

Author keywords

A. Grain growth; A. Hot press; D. ZnO; Densification

Indexed keywords

GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; GROWTH (MATERIALS); HOT PRESSING; NANOCRYSTALLINE ALLOYS; NANOCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; OXIDES; PRESSES (MACHINE TOOLS); SEMICONDUCTING ZINC COMPOUNDS; SINTERING; ZINC; ZINC OXIDE;

A. GRAIN GROWTH; A. HOT PRESS; CONVENTIONAL SINTERING; D. ZNO; DENSIFICATION; FINAL DENSITIES; FINE GRAINS; GRAIN SIZES; HOT PRESSING METHODS; LOWER SINTERING TEMPERATURES; MAXIMUM DENSITIES; NANO-CRYSTALLINE; POWDER COMPACTS; SINTERING BEHAVIORS; SINTERING CONDITIONS; SINTERING TIME; TWO-STEP SINTERING;

GRAIN GROWTH;

EID: 59349118492     PISSN: 02728842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ceramint.2008.04.015     Document Type: Article

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