Toughening of SiC matrix with in-situ created TiB2 particles

Ceramics International

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 2181-2188

  Bucevac, Dusan ^a,b   Boskovic, Snezana ^b   Matovic, Branko ^b   Krstic, Vladimir ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

A. Sintering; B. Composites; C. Toughness and toughening; D. SiC

Indexed keywords

B. COMPOSITES; IN-SITU; IN-SITU REACTIONS; MATRIX; PRESSURELESS SINTERING; SINTERING AID; SINTERING TEMPERATURES; TIO; TOUGHENING MECHANISMS; TOUGHNESS AND TOUGHENING;

FRACTURE; GRAIN GROWTH; SILICON CARBIDE; SINTERING; TITRATION;

FRACTURE TOUGHNESS;

EID: 77955519051     PISSN: 02728842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ceramint.2010.06.001     Document Type: Article

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