Temperature measurements in the boron carbide manufacturing process - A hot model study

International Journal of Refractory Metals and Hard Materials

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 621-628

  Rao, M P L N ^a   Gupta, G S ^a   Manjunath, P ^a   Kumar, S ^a   Suri, A K ^b   Krishnamurthy, N ^b   Subramanian, C ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^b BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

Boron carbide; Carbothermal reduction; Gas solid reaction; Sintering; Temperature measurement

Indexed keywords

BORON; CARBOTHERMAL REDUCTION; ELECTRIC FURNACES; FURNACES; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT RESISTANCE; HEAT TRANSFER; NONMETALS; PETROLEUM COKE; SINTERING; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; TEMPERATURE MEASURING INSTRUMENTS;

BORIC OXIDES; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; GAS-SOLID REACTION; HEAT TRANSFER PROCESS; HIGH TEMPERATURE PROCESS; LABORATORY-SCALE; MANUFACTURING PROCESS; MEASURED DATUM; MODEL STUDIES; PRODUCT YIELDS; RESISTANCE FURNACES;

BORON CARBIDE;

EID: 61449227478     PISSN: 02634368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrmhm.2008.10.004     Document Type: Article

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