Silicon nitride nanoceramics densified by dynamic grain sliding

Journal of Materials Research

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2354-2361

  Herrmann, Mathias ^a   Shen, Zhijian ^b   Schulz, Ingrid ^c   Hu, Jianfeng ^b   Janear, Bostjan ^d  

^a FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR CERAMIC TECHNOLOGIES AND SYSTEMS   (Germany)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^d JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENSIFICATION BEHAVIOR; FULL DENSIFICATION; GRAIN SLIDING; HERTZIAN STRESS; MICROSTRUCTURES AND PROPERTIES; NANO CERAMICS; NANOPOWDER MIXTURES; PHASE CONSTITUENT; PHASE TRANSFORMATION; PROCESSING PRINCIPLES; RE-PRECIPITATION; SINTERING CONDITION; VISCOUS LIQUIDS;

GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; SILICON; SILICON NITRIDE; SPARK PLASMA SINTERING; WEAR RESISTANCE;

GRAIN GROWTH;

EID: 78649520026     PISSN: 08842914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2010.0313     Document Type: Article

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