Correlation of wear behavior and indentation fracture resistance in silicon nitride ceramics hot-pressed with alumina and yttria

Journal of the European Ceramic Society

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1535-1542

  Miyazaki, Hiroyuki ^a   Hyuga, Hideki ^a   Yoshizawa, Yu ichi ^a   Hirao, Kiyoshi ^a   Ohji, Tatsuki ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hardness; Indentation fracture technique; Si3N4; Toughness and toughening; Wear resistance

Indexed keywords

CERAMIC MATERIALS; CRACKS; FRACTURE; HARDNESS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MICROSTRUCTURE; SILICON; SILICON NITRIDE; SINTERING; WEAR RESISTANCE;

FRACTURE RESISTANCES; GOOD CORRELATIONS; INDENTATION FRACTURE TECHNIQUE; MATERIAL REMOVAL PROCESS; PRECRACKED BEAMS; R-CURVE BEHAVIORS; SI3N4; SILICON NITRIDE CERAMICS; SINTERING ADDITIVES; SINTERING CONDITIONS; SLIDING CONTACTS; TOUGHNESS AND TOUGHENING; WEAR BEHAVIORS; WEAR RATES;

FRACTURE TOUGHNESS;

EID: 62749207174     PISSN: 09552219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2008.08.020     Document Type: Article

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