Effect of europium concentration on densification of transparent Eu:Y 2O3 scintillator ceramics using hot pressing

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 82-88

  Podowitz, Stephen R ^a   Gaumé, Romain ^a   Feigelson, Robert S ^a  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSTANT TEMPERATURE; DENSIFICATION MODELS; DENSIFICATION PROCESS; DIFFUSION CONSTANT; DIFFUSION RATE; EFFECTIVE DIFFUSION; EXPERIMENTAL DIFFUSIVITY; EXTRINSIC DEFECTS; GRAIN SIZE; IONIC DIFFUSIVITIES; LINEAR RELATIONSHIPS; MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE; OPTICAL ATTENUATION; OPTICAL CERAMICS; OPTICAL TRANSPARENCY; SINTERING CONDITION; SINTERING MODELS; SOLID STATE SINTERING; SUB-LATTICES; TRANSPARENT CERAMIC; VACUUM HOT PRESSING;

CERAMIC MATERIALS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DIFFUSION; EUROPIUM; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRESSURE EFFECTS; SINTERING; STRAIN RATE; YTTRIUM;

HOT PRESSING;

EID: 73149097679     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: 15512916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1551-2916.2009.03350.x     Document Type: Article

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