Spark-plasma sintering of ZrB 2 ultra-high-temperature ceramics at lower temperature via nanoscale crystal refinement

Journal of the European Ceramic Society

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 2529-2536

  Zamora, Victor ^a   Ortiz, Angel L ^a   Guiberteau, Fernando ^a   Nygren, Mats ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

High energy ball milling; Sintering; Ultra high temperature ceramics; ZrB 2

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL SIZE; HEATING RAMPS; HIGH-ENERGY BALL-MILLING; NANO SCALE; NANOSCALE CRYSTALS; SINTERABILITY; STARTING POWDERS; ULTRA-FINE POWDERS; ULTRA-HIGH-TEMPERATURE CERAMICS; ZRB 2;

CERAMIC MATERIALS; CRYSTAL IMPURITIES; ELECTRIC SPARKS; GRINDING (COMMINUTION); HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS; MILLING (MACHINING); NANOTECHNOLOGY; POWDERS;

SINTERING;

EID: 84860574127     PISSN: 09552219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2012.02.023     Document Type: Article

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