Spark plasma sintering kinetics of pure α-alumina

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 94, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2825-2833

  Aman, Yann ^a,b   Garnier, Vincent ^a   Djurado, Elisabeth ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM OXIDE; DENSIFICATION; DIFFUSION; GRAIN BOUNDARY SLIDING; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; GROWTH KINETICS; HEATING; HEATING RATE; HOT PRESSING; KINETICS; SINTERED ALUMINA; SPARK PLASMA SINTERING; SUPERCONDUCTING MATERIALS;

GRAIN BOUNDARY MIGRATIONS; GRAIN GROWTH MECHANISMS; GRAIN-BOUNDARY DIFFUSION; INTERPARTICLE CONTACTS; LOW SINTERING TEMPERATURE; MICROSTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT; SINTERING TEMPERATURES; SPARK PLASMA SINTERING PROCESS;

GRAIN GROWTH;

EID: 80052960973     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: 15512916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1551-2916.2011.04424.x     Document Type: Article

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