Investigation of the effect of ZrO2 and ZrO2/Al2O3 additions on the hot-pressing and properties of equimolecular mixtures of α- and β-Si3N4

Ceramics International

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1327-1338

  Ewais, E M M ^a   Attia, M A A ^b   Abousree Hegazy, A ^b   Bordia, R K ^c  

^a CENTRAL METALLURGICAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE CMRDI   (Egypt)

^b Engineering Department   (Egypt)

^c University of Washington   (United States)

Author keywords

A. Hot pressing; C. Mechanical properties; C. Thermal properties; D. Al2O3; D. Si3N4; D. ZrO2; Microstructure

Indexed keywords

C. MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; C. THERMAL PROPERTIES; DENSIFICATION BEHAVIOR; HIGH-DENSITY MATERIALS; LIQUID PHASE; MECHANICAL AND THERMAL PROPERTIES; NEGATIVE THERMAL EXPANSION; SILICON NITRIDE CERAMICS; SINTERING ADDITIVES; THERMAL EXPANSION BEHAVIOR; THERMAL PROPERTIES; VICKER HARDNESS;

ADDITIVES; ALUMINUM; CERAMIC MATERIALS; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; HOT PRESSING; MATERIALS PROPERTIES; MICROSTRUCTURE; MIXTURES; PHASE COMPOSITION; SILICON; SILICON NITRIDE; SINTERING; THERMAL EXPANSION; THERMAL STRESS; ZIRCONIA; ZIRCONIUM ALLOYS;

MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

EID: 77950517578     PISSN: 02728842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ceramint.2010.01.018     Document Type: Article

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