Effect of SiO2 on densification and microstructure development in Nd:YAG transparent ceramics

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 94, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1380-1387

  Stevenson, Adam J ^a   Li, Xin ^a   Martinez, Miguel A ^a   Anderson, Julie M ^a   Suchy, Daniel L ^a   Kupp, Elizabeth R ^a   Dickey, Elizabeth C ^a   Mueller, Karl T ^a   Messing, Gary L ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COARSE-GRAINED; DOPED CERAMICS; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY; IN-LINE; MAGIC ANGLE SPINNING; MICROSTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT; MICROSTRUCTURE EVOLUTIONS; ND: YAG; SILICA LEVEL; SOLUTE DRAG; TRANSPARENT CERAMIC;

CERAMIC MATERIALS; DENSIFICATION; DOPING (ADDITIVES); ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; GROWTH KINETICS; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; MICROSTRUCTURE; NEODYMIUM; SILICA; SINTERING; X RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

GRAIN GROWTH;

EID: 79951482029     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: 15512916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1551-2916.2010.04260.x     Document Type: Article

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