Processing of aluminum oxynitride through aqueous colloidal forming techniques

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 429-435

  Senthil Kumar, Rajendran ^a   Rajeswari, Kotikalapudi ^a   Praveen, Balakrishnan ^a   Hareesh, Unnikrishnan Nair Saraswathy ^a   Johnson, Roy ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL ADVANCED RESEARCH CENTRE FOR POWDER METALLURGY AND NEW MATERIALS ARCI   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM OXYNITRIDE; AQUEOUS MEDIUM; COLLOIDAL FORMING; HIGH SOLID LOADING; HIGH-PURITY; MICROSTRUCTURAL PROPERTIES; NITROGEN ATMOSPHERES; PHASE FORMATIONS; SHAPING TECHNIQUES; TEMPERATURE RANGE; XRD;

ALUMINUM; ALUMINUM NITRIDE; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NITRIDES; RAW MATERIALS; SINTERING; SURFACE TREATMENT;

CASTING;

EID: 76049102050     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: 15512916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1551-2916.2009.03418.x     Document Type: Article

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