Spark plasma sintering of metals and metal matrix nanocomposites: A review

Journal of Nanomaterials

Volumn 2012, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Saheb, Nouari ^a   Iqbal, Zafar ^a   Khalil, Abdullah ^a   Hakeem, Abbas Saeed ^a   Al Aqeeli, Nasser ^a   Laoui, Tahar ^a   Al Qutub, Amro ^a   Kirchner, René ^b  

^a KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

^b FCT Systeme GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENSE MATERIALS; FINE GRAINS; METAL MATRIX COMPOSITES; METAL MATRIX NANO COMPOSITES; NANOMETER DIMENSIONS; REINFORCEMENT PHASIS; SPARK PLASMA SINTERING PROCESS;

MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; METALS; NANOCOMPOSITES; REINFORCEMENT; SPARK PLASMA SINTERING;

METALLIC MATRIX COMPOSITES;

EID: 84864941932     PISSN: 16874110     EISSN: 16874129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2012/983470     Document Type: Review

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