Boron carbide: Structure, properties, and stability under stress

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 94, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 3605-3628

  Domnich, Vladislav ^a   Reynaud, Sara ^a   Haber, Richard A ^a   Chhowalla, Manish ^a  

^a The State University of New Jersey   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABRASIVE POWDERS; BALLISTIC PERFORMANCE; BALLISTIC PROPERTIES; CHEMICAL VARIATIONS; DISORDERED PHASE; ELECTRONIC APPLICATION; ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS; EXTERNAL LOADING; HIGH HARDNESS; HIGH MELTING POINT; HIGH STRESS; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LOW DENSITY; NEUTRON RADIATIONS; NUCLEAR APPLICATION; REFRACTORY APPLICATIONS; STRUCTURAL INSTABILITY; STRUCTURE , PROPERTIES;

ABRASIVE COATINGS; BALLISTICS; BORON; HIGH TEMPERATURE APPLICATIONS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

BORON CARBIDE;

EID: 80155208478     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: 15512916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1551-2916.2011.04865.x     Document Type: Article

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