High strength porous alumina by spark plasma sintering

Journal of the European Ceramic Society

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1361-1369

  Chakravarty, Dibyendu ^a   Ramesh, Hayagreev ^b   Rao, Tata N ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL ADVANCED RESEARCH CENTRE FOR POWDER METALLURGY AND NEW MATERIALS ARCI   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

Al(OH)3; Grain size; Porosity; Spark plasma sintering; Strength

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; BENDING STRENGTH; ELECTRIC SPARKS; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; MERCURY (METAL); PLASMAS; PORE SIZE; SPARK PLASMA SINTERING;

AL(OH)3; ALUMINA PHASE; BET SURFACE AREA MEASUREMENTS; FINE GRAINS; GRAIN SIZE; HIGH STRENGTHS; IN-SITU; MERCURY POROSIMETRY; MICROSTRUCTURE EVOLUTIONS; NANO-CRYSTALLINE; PHASE FORMATIONS; PHASE TRANSFORMATIONS; PORE MORPHOLOGIES; PORE SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; POROUS ALUMINAS; SINTERED COMPACTS; SINTERED SAMPLES; SINTERING CONDITIONS; SINTERING TEMPERATURES; STARTING POWDERS; STRENGTH; UNIMODAL;

SINTERED ALUMINA;

EID: 62949139577     PISSN: 09552219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2008.08.021     Document Type: Article

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