Multitechnique investigation of extruded clay brick microstructure

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 94, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 3012-3022

  Krakowiak, Konrad J ^a   Lourenço, Paulo B ^a   Ulm, Franz Josef ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPIC STRENGTH; CLAY BRICKS; DURABILITY TEST; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY; EXPERIMENTAL MECHANICS; FIRING TEMPERATURE; MACROSCOPIC MATERIALS; MACROSCOPIC STRENGTH; MATERIAL CHARACTERIZATIONS; MATRIX PHASE; MECHANICAL PERFORMANCE; MERCURY INTRUSION POROSIMETRY; POROUS COMPOSITES; SPINEL-TYPE; SUBMICROMETER SCALE; SUBMILLIMETERS; WATER ABSORPTION BEHAVIOR;

BRICK; CRYSTAL MICROSTRUCTURE; ELASTICITY; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; MERCURY (METAL); NANOINDENTATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; STRESS ANALYSIS; WATER ABSORPTION;

CLAY MINERALS;

EID: 80052961520     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: 15512916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1551-2916.2011.04484.x     Document Type: Article

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