Experimental study and critical review of structural, thermodynamic and mechanical properties of superhard refractory boron suboxide B 2O

Journal of Superhard Materials

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 421-428

  Kurakevych, O O ^a   Solozhenko, V L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 13   (France)

Author keywords

Boron suboxide; Crystal structure; Mechanical proper ties; Superhard materials; Thermodynamics

Indexed keywords

BEST VALUE; BORON SUBOXIDE; CRITICAL REVIEW; EQUATION OF STATE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; LITERATURE DATA; MECHANICAL CHARACTERISTICS; NON-STOICHIOMETRY; SEMI-EMPIRICAL; SUPERHARD; SUPERHARD MATERIAL;

BORON; BORON COMPOUNDS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; EQUATIONS OF STATE; STOICHIOMETRY; THERMODYNAMICS;

MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

EID: 84856367957     PISSN: 10634576     EISSN: 19349408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3103/S106345761206007X     Document Type: Article

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