Influence of externally imposed and internally generated electrical fields on grain growth, diffusional creep, sintering and related phenomena in ceramics

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 94, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1941-1965

  Raj, Rishi ^a   Cologna, Marco ^a   Francis, John S C ^a  

^a UCB 450   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL RESULTS; APPLIED ELECTRIC FIELD; APPLIED FIELD; CHARGED SPECIES; CHEMICAL DIFFUSION; CLASSICAL APPROACH; DIFFUSIONAL CREEP; ELECTRICAL FIELD; ELECTRICAL INTERACTION; ELECTROCHEMICAL POTENTIAL; FREQUENCY DEPENDENCE; GRAIN SIZE; HIGH CURRENT DENSITIES; IONIC CHARACTER; MECHANICAL STRESS; PHYSICAL MECHANISM; SELF-DIFFUSION; SINTERABILITY; SPACE CHARGE LAYERS; THERMODYNAMIC DRIVING FORCES; ZERO FREQUENCY;

CERAMIC MATERIALS; CREEP; DIELECTRIC LOSSES; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; HEATING; JOULE HEATING; MODELS; SPARK PLASMA SINTERING; STRESSES;

GRAIN GROWTH;

EID: 79960234780     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: 15512916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1551-2916.2011.04652.x     Document Type: Article

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