Laser melting of zirconium carbide: Determination of phase transitions in refractory ceramic systems

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 94, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 3561-3569

  Jackson, Heather F ^a,d   Jayaseelan, Daniel D ^a   Manara, Dario ^b   Casoni, Carlo Perinetti ^b,c   Lee, William E ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^c POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^d SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS; EMITTANCES; EQUILIBRIUM MICROSTRUCTURES; GRAPHITE EUTECTIC; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LASER MELTING; LIQUID PHASE; LIQUIDUS; MICRO-STRUCTURAL; NON-EQUILIBRIUM MICROSTRUCTURE; OPTICAL PYROMETRY; PHASE TRANSITION TEMPERATURES; PRECISION MEASUREMENT; REFRACTORY CERAMICS; SOLID-LIQUID PHASE TRANSITIONS; SOLUTE PARTITIONING; TEMPERATURE DECREASE; THERMODYNAMIC EQUILIBRIA; TIME-SCALES; TIME-TEMPERATURE; ZIRCONIUM CARBIDE;

CARBIDES; CERAMIC MATERIALS; EUTECTICS; HEATING; LASER HEATING; LIQUIDS; MELTING; MICROSTRUCTURE; PHASE DIAGRAMS; TEMPERATURE; ZIRCONIUM; ZIRCONIUM COMPOUNDS;

PULSED LASERS;

EID: 80053945327     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: 15512916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1551-2916.2011.04560.x     Document Type: Article

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