Grain growth behavior of aluminum oxide reinforced with carbon nanotube during plasma spraying and PostSpray consolidation

International Journal of Applied Ceramic Technology

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 846-855

  Balani, Kantesh ^a,b   Bakshi, Srinivasa R ^a   Lahiri, Debrupa ^a   Agarwal, Arvind ^a  

^a Florida International University   (United States)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM OXIDES; CNT NANO COMPOSITES; DEGREE OF DENSIFICATION; GRAIN GROWTH BEHAVIOR; GRAIN MOBILITY; GRAIN PINNING; GRAIN-BOUNDARY MOBILITY; HIGH-TEMPERATURE PLASMAS; INITIAL GRAIN SIZE; PHASE TRANSFORMATION; PLASMA SPRAYED; PLASMA-SPRAYED COATINGS; PORE SHRINKAGE; THERMAL EXPOSURE; THERMAL HISTORY; THERMAL PROCESSING;

ALUMINUM; CARBON NANOTUBES; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; GROWTH KINETICS; HOT ISOSTATIC PRESSING; NANOCOMPOSITES; OXIDES; PLASMA JETS; PLASMA SPRAYING; PLASMAS; PROTECTIVE COATINGS; SINTERING; SPRAYED COATINGS;

GRAIN GROWTH;

EID: 78449305045     PISSN: 1546542X     EISSN: 17447402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7402.2009.02385.x     Document Type: Article

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