Plasma pressure compaction of tungsten powders

Materials and Manufacturing Processes

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 619-630

  Cho, Kyu C ^a   Woodman, Robert H ^a   Klotz, Bradley R ^a   Dowding, Robert J ^a  

^a U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Consolidation; Field assisted sintering; Grain growth temperature; Plasma pressure compaction; Tungsten

Indexed keywords

CONSOLIDATION; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; GRAIN GROWTH; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; KINETIC ENERGY; MICROSTRUCTURE; PLASMAS; SINTERING;

FIELD-ASSISTED SINTERING; GRAIN GROWTH TEMPERATURE; MATERIAL PROPERTIES; PLASMA PRESSURE COMPACTION;

TUNGSTEN POWDER METALLURGY;

EID: 6344231790     PISSN: 10426914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/AMP-200028077     Document Type: Conference Paper

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