Hydrothermal aging behavior of nanocrystalline Y-TZP ceramics

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 94, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 2146-2152

  Paul, Anish ^a   Vaidhyanathan, Bala ^a   Binner, Jon G P ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING PROCESS; AGING TREATMENT; GRAIN SIZE; HYDROTHERMAL AGING; MICRO RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; NANOCRYSTALLINES; NANOZIRCONIA; SUBMICROMETERS; TWO-STEP SINTERING; XRD; YTTRIA CONTENT; ZIRCONIA CERAMIC;

AGING OF MATERIALS; DEGRADATION; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SINTERING; YTTRIA STABILIZED ZIRCONIA; YTTRIUM ALLOYS; ZIRCONIA;

CERAMIC MATERIALS;

EID: 79960220511     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: 15512916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1551-2916.2010.04341.x     Document Type: Article

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