Observations on the influence of secondary me oxide additives (Me=Si, Al, Mg) on the microstructural evolution and mechanical behavior of silicon nitride ceramics containing RE2O3 (RE=La, Gd, Lu)

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 570-580

  Becher, Paul F ^a   Shibata, Naoya ^b   Painter, Gayle S ^a   Averill, Frank ^c   Van Benthem, Klaus ^a,d   Lin, Hua Tay ^a   Waters, Shirley B ^a  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c University of Tennessee   (United States)

^d University of California Davis   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDITIVE EFFECTS; ADSORPTION BEHAVIOR; BINDING STRENGTH; GRAIN SURFACE; INTERGRANULAR PHASE; INTERGRANULAR PHASIS; LIQUID PHASE; MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR; OXIDE ADDITIVE; PHASE TRANSFORMATION; RARE EARTH ADDITIVES; SCANNING TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILICON NITRIDE CERAMICS;

ADSORPTION; CERAMIC MATERIALS; GADOLINIUM; LIQUIDS; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; MICROSTRUCTURAL EVOLUTION; RARE EARTHS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILICON; SILICON NITRIDE; SILICON OXIDES; TEXTURES; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VISCOSITY;

RARE EARTH ADDITIONS;

EID: 76049125890     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: 15512916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1551-2916.2009.03435.x     Document Type: Article

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