Effect of sintering temperature on the transparency and mechanical properties of lutetium aluminum garnet fabricated by spark plasma sintering

Journal of the European Ceramic Society

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 3097-3102

  An, Liqiong ^a,b   Ito, Akihiko ^a   Goto, Takashi ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hardness; Optical properties; Sintering; Transparent ceramic

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE GRAIN SIZE; CRYSTAL PHASE; GRAIN SIZE; MAXIMUM VALUES; SINTERING TEMPERATURES; TRANSPARENT CERAMIC;

CRYSTAL MICROSTRUCTURE; GRAIN GROWTH; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; HARDNESS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SINTERING; TRANSPARENCY;

SPARK PLASMA SINTERING;

EID: 84862503135     PISSN: 09552219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2012.04.020     Document Type: Article

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