The influence of temper shape on the mechanical properties of archaeological ceramics

Journal of the European Ceramic Society

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2457-2465

  Müller, Noémi S ^a,b   Kilikoglou, Vassilis ^a   Day, Peter M ^b   Vekinis, George ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Archaeological ceramics; Inclusions; Mechanical properties; Strength; Toughness; Traditional ceramics

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL CERAMICS; DAMAGED ZONES; DISK-SHAPED PARTICLES; FIRING TEMPERATURE; MECHANICAL PERFORMANCE; STRENGTH AND TOUGHNESS; STRENGTH REDUCTION; TRADITIONAL CERAMICS;

CERAMIC MATERIALS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

FRACTURE TOUGHNESS;

EID: 77953959104     PISSN: 09552219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2010.04.039     Document Type: Article

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