Fabrication and characterization of sintered TiC-SiC composites

Journal of the European Ceramic Society

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 313-320

  Cabrero, J ^a,b   Audubert, F ^b   Pailler, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^b IRFM   (France)

Author keywords

Nuclear applications; SiC; Spark plasma sintering; Thermal conductivity; TiC

Indexed keywords

GRAIN SIZE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HOMOGENEOUS DISTRIBUTION; NANO-SIZED; NUCLEAR APPLICATION; RELATIVE DENSITY; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SIC; TIC; TIC-SIC COMPOSITES; VOLUME CONTENT;

ELECTRIC SPARKS; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; GRAIN GROWTH; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; SPARK PLASMA SINTERING; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMOANALYSIS; TITANIUM CARBIDE; VICKERS HARDNESS;

SILICON CARBIDE;

EID: 78649477239     PISSN: 09552219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2010.10.010     Document Type: Article

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