Densification and mechanical properties of TiC by SPS-effects of holding time, sintering temperature and pressure condition

Journal of the European Ceramic Society

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 3399-3406

  Cheng, Lixia ^a   Xie, Zhipeng ^a   Liu, Guanwei ^a   Liu, Wei ^a   Xue, Weijiang ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Densification; Grain size; Mechanical property; SPS; TiC

Indexed keywords

ABNORMAL GRAIN GROWTH; BULK SAMPLES; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FRACTURE MODE; GRAIN SIZE; GRAIN-BOUNDARY DIFFUSION; HOLDING TIME; PRESSURE CONDITIONS; RELATIVE DENSITY; SINTERING CYCLES; SINTERING PARAMETERS; SINTERING TEMPERATURES; SPS; SPS SINTERING; TIC;

DENSIFICATION; GRAIN GROWTH; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; TITANIUM CARBIDE;

SINTERING;

EID: 84862493487     PISSN: 09552219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2012.04.017     Document Type: Article

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