Microstructure and properties of porous silicon nitride ceramics prepared by gel-casting and gas pressure sintering

Materials and Design

Volumn 44, Issue , 2013, Pages 114-118

  Zou, Chunrong ^a   Zhang, Changrui ^a   Li, Bin ^a   Wang, Siqing ^a   Cao, Feng ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF DEFENSE TECHNOLOGY   (China)

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Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; CERAMIC MATERIALS; DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES; DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES OF GASES; GRAIN GROWTH; MICROSTRUCTURE; POROUS SILICON; SILICON; SILICON NITRIDE; SINTERING;

ANISOTROPIC GROWTH; GAS-PRESSURE SINTERING; GRAIN ASPECT RATIOS; MECHANICAL AND DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES; MICROSTRUCTURE AND PROPERTIES; PHASE CONTENT; POROUS SILICON NITRIDE CERAMICS; WAVE-TRANSPARENT;

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EID: 84865320462     PISSN: 02641275     EISSN: 18734197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2012.07.056     Document Type: Article

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