Carbon nanotube toughened aluminium oxide nanocomposite

Journal of the European Ceramic Society

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 865-873

  Ahmad, Iftikhar ^a   Cao, Hongzhi ^b   Chen, Huahui ^b   Zhao, Huiyou ^b   Kennedy, Andrew ^a   Zhu, Yan Qiu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Al2O3; Carbon nanotubes; Mechanical properties; Nanocomposite; Toughness

Indexed keywords

AL2O3; ALUMINIUM OXIDE; FLEXURAL STRENGTH; MATRIX; TOUGHENING MECHANISMS; UNIFORM DISPERSIONS;

ALUMINUM; CARBON NANOTUBES; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; HARDNESS; HOT PRESSING; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NANOCOMPOSITES;

FRACTURE;

EID: 72249121899     PISSN: 09552219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2009.09.032     Document Type: Article

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