A comparison of the effects of multi-wall and single-wall carbon nanotube additions on the properties of zirconia toughened alumina composites

Carbon

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1599-1607

  Bocanegra Bernal, M H ^a   Echeberria, J ^b   Ollo, J ^b   Garcia Reyes, A ^c   Dominguez Rios C ^a   Reyes Rojas, A ^a   Aguilar Elguezabal, A ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN MATERIALES AVANZADOS   (Mexico)

^b TECNUN UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

^c Interceramic   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CERAMIC PHASIS; CONVENTIONAL SINTERING; MATRIX; MONOLITHIC ALUMINA; MULTI-WALL CARBON NANOTUBES; SINGLE-WALL CARBON NANOTUBES; TOUGHENING AGENTS; WELL-DISPERSED; ZIRCONIA TOUGHENED ALUMINA;

CARBON NANOTUBES; CERAMIC MATERIALS; CERAMIC MATRIX COMPOSITES; FRACTURE; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); SINTERED ALUMINA; SINTERING; ZIRCONIA;

SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN);

EID: 79551685948     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2010.12.042     Document Type: Article

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