Effect of the spark plasma sintering (SPS) parameters and LiF doping on the mechanical properties and the transparency of polycrystalline Nd-YAG

Ceramics International

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 5513-5519

  Frage, N ^a   Kalabukhov, S ^a   Sverdlov, N ^a   Kasiyan, V ^a   Rothman, A ^a   Dariel, M P ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

B. Grain size; C. Mechanical properties; Nd:YAG; Optical transmittance; Spark plasma sintering

Indexed keywords

CARBON CONTAMINATION; DOPED SAMPLE; GRAIN SIZE; HOLDING TIME; NANOMETRICS; ND:YAG CERAMIC; POLYCRYSTALLINE; PROCESSING PARAMETERS; SINTERING TEMPERATURES;

CERAMIC MATERIALS; FLUORINE; GRAIN GROWTH; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; OPACITY; SPARK PLASMA SINTERING;

NEODYMIUM;

EID: 84862673749     PISSN: 02728842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ceramint.2012.03.066     Document Type: Article

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