Environmentally enhanced fracture of glass: A historical perspective

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 92, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1371-1382

  Freiman, Stephen W ^a   Wiederhorn, Sheldon M ^a   Mecholsky Jr , John J ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPLIED STRESS; CHEMICAL ADSORPTION; CHEMICAL ENVIRONMENT; CRACK GROWTH RATES; DELAYED FAILURE; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; LIMITING PROCESS; QUANTUM-MECHANICAL CALCULATION; REACTING SPECIES; SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY; STRAINED BONDS; STRAINED-SI; SUBCRITICAL CRACK GROWTH; SURFACE DAMAGES;

ADSORPTION; CHEMICAL BONDS; CRACK TIPS; FRACTURE MECHANICS; GLASS; GRAFTING (CHEMICAL); STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TENSILE STRESS;

CRACKING (CHEMICAL);

EID: 67650096510     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: 15512916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1551-2916.2009.03097.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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