Low temperature, transient liquid phase sintering of B2O 3-SiO2-doped Nd:YAG transparent ceramics

Journal of Materials Research

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1151-1158

  Stevenson, Adam J ^a   Kupp, Elizabeth R ^a   Messing, Gary L ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Densification; Optical; Sintering

Indexed keywords

DENSIFICATION KINETICS; DENSIFICATION RATE; DILATOMETRIC MEASUREMENTS; DOPED SAMPLE; LOW TEMPERATURES; ND:YAG CERAMIC; OPTICAL; SINTERING TEMPERATURES; TRANSIENT LIQUID PHASE; TRANSPARENT CERAMIC;

CERAMIC MATERIALS; DENSIFICATION; GRAIN GROWTH; LIQUID PHASE SINTERING; LIQUIDS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NEODYMIUM; REFRACTORY METALS; SUPERCONDUCTING MATERIALS; VACUUM; VACUUM FURNACES;

SILICON COMPOUNDS;

EID: 79959424697     PISSN: 08842914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2011.45     Document Type: Article

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