Characterization of spark plasma sintered Ag nanopowders

Nanotechnology

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2010, Pages

  Fu, Y Q ^a,b   Shearwood, C ^c   Xu, B ^a   Yu, L G ^c   Khor, K A ^c  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b XI'AN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE SIZE; COMPRESSION TESTS; EXTERNAL HEATING; LOW PRESSURES; LOW SINTERING TEMPERATURE; LOW-TEMPERATURE SINTERING; MECHANICAL PERFORMANCE; NANO POWDERS; NANO SCALE; NANOCRYSTALLINES; SINTERING DENSITY; SINTERING TEMPERATURES; SPARK PLASMA;

COMPRESSION TESTING; ELECTRIC SPARKS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; SPARK PLASMA SINTERING; STRAIN;

SILVER;

EID: 77349089312     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/21/11/115707     Document Type: Article

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