Silicon nitride and silicon carbide-based ceramics

Ceramic-Matrix Composites: Microstructure, Properties and Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 536-559

  Zhang, Y ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

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EID: 72449149917     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1533/9781845691066     Document Type: Chapter

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