Spark plasma-sintered WC-ZrO2-co nanocomposites with high fracture toughness and strength

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1754-1763

  Mukhopadhyay, Amartya ^a   Chakravarty, Dibyendu ^a,b   Basu, Bikramjit ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

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

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CERAMIC NANOCOMPOSITES; CERAMIC PHASE; CO PHASE; CONVERGENT-BEAM ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; CRACK BRIDGING; CRACK DEFLECTIONS; FLEXURAL STRENGTH; FOUR-POINT BENDING; FRACTURE MODE; HIGH HARDNESS; HIGH TOUGHNESS; INTERGRANULAR; MECHANICAL PROPERTY MEASUREMENTS; METALLIC PHASE; MICROSTRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; NANO-SIZED; OPTIMUM COMBINATION; SPARK PLASMA; STRUCTURE PROPERTY RELATIONSHIPS; TOUGHENING MECHANISMS; TRANSFORMATION TOUGHENING; TRANSGRANULAR; V-NOTCHES;

BENDING STRENGTH; CERAMIC MATERIALS; CERMETS; CRACKS; ELECTRIC SPARKS; FRACTURE; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NANOCOMPOSITES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPARK PLASMA SINTERING; TEXTURES; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ZIRCONIUM ALLOYS;

FRACTURE TOUGHNESS;

EID: 77953089638     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: 15512916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1551-2916.2010.03685.x     Document Type: Article

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