Phase constitution and mechanical properties of carbides in the Ta-C system

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 92, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2404-2407

  Hackett, Kenneth ^a   Verhoef, Shane ^a   Cutler, Raymond A ^a   Shetty, Dinesh K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC RATIO; C-SYSTEMS; CARBIDE PHASIS; CLEAVAGE CRACKS; FACE-CENTERED CUBIC; FLEXURAL STRENGTH; FRACTURE SURFACES; GRAIN SIZE; HEXAGONAL CLOSE PACKED; MIXED POWDER; PHASE CONSTITUTION; PRECRACKED; STARTING COMPOSITION; WEIGHT PERCENT;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CRACKS; FRACTURE; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; HOT PRESSING; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; TANTALUM; VICKERS HARDNESS;

TANTALUM CARBIDE;

EID: 70349558601     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: 15512916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1551-2916.2009.03201.x     Document Type: Article

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