Microstructure characterization of hot-pressed β-silicon nitride containing β-Si3N4 seeds

Materials Characterization

Volumn 60, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 894-899

  Wang, Bo ^a   Yang, Jun ^a   Guo, Rui ^a   Gao, Ji Qiang ^a   Yang, Jian Feng ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Core shell; Defect; Grain boundaries; Microstructure; Silicon nitride

Indexed keywords

ABNORMAL GRAIN GROWTH; COMPOSITIONAL DIFFERENCE; CORE/SHELL; MICROSTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT; MICROSTRUCTURE CHARACTERIZATION; SELF REINFORCED; SILICON NITRIDE CERAMICS; SINTERING ADDITIVES;

ADDITIVES; CERAMIC MATERIALS; COALESCENCE; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; GRAIN GROWTH; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MICROSTRUCTURE; SEED; SILICON; SILICON NITRIDE; SINTERING;

MICROCRYSTALLINE SILICON;

EID: 67349202841     PISSN: 10445803     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matchar.2009.02.009     Document Type: Article

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