Influence of additive system (Al2O3- RE2O3, RE = Y, La, Nd, Dy, Yb) on microstructure and mechanical properties of silicon nitride-based ceramics

Materials Research

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 145-150

  Marchi, Juliana ^a   Guedes e Silva, Cecilia Chaves ^b   Silva, Bruno Batista ^c   Bressiani, José Carlos ^c   Bressiani, Ana Helena de Almeida ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO ABC   (Brazil)

^b Centro Tecnologico da Marinha em Sao Paulo   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO DE PESQUISAS ENERGÉTICAS E NUCLEARES   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Mechanical properties; Rare earth additives; Silicon nitride; Sintering

Indexed keywords

ADDITIVES; ALUMINUM; ASPECT RATIO; CHEMICAL STABILITY; CORROSION RESISTANCE; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; GLASS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; METAL IONS; MICROSTRUCTURE; MIXTURES; NITRIDES; RARE EARTH ADDITIONS; RARE EARTHS; SILICON; SILICON NITRIDE; SINTERED ALUMINA; SINTERING; STRUCTURAL CERAMICS; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

FRACTURE TOUGHNESS VALUES; MICROSTRUCTURE AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; RARE EARTH ADDITIVES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPIC; SILICON NITRIDE-BASED CERAMICS; SINTERED SPECIMEN; THEORETICAL DENSITY; THERMOMECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

CERAMIC MATERIALS;

EID: 68649102085     PISSN: 15161439     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1516-14392009000200006     Document Type: Article

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