Mechanical and tribological properties of ceramic/metal composites: A review of phenomena spanning from the nanometer to the micrometer length scale

Journal of the European Ceramic Society

Volumn 32, Issue 15, 2012, Pages 3887-3898

  Rodriguez Suarez, T ^a   Bartolome J F ^b   Moya, J S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE CIENCIA DE MATERIALES DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Composites; Hardness; Nanocomposites; Toughness and toughening; Wear resistance

Indexed keywords

EXOTIC PROPERTIES; MECHANICAL AND TRIBOLOGICAL PROPERTIES; METAL PARTICLE; MICROMETER LENGTHS; POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS; SIZE EFFECTS; TOUGHNESS AND TOUGHENING;

ALUMINA; CERAMIC MATERIALS; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; HARDNESS; NANOCOMPOSITES; NIOBIUM; SOLVENTS; TUNGSTEN; WEAR RESISTANCE; ZIRCONIA;

TRIBOLOGY;

EID: 84865356837     PISSN: 09552219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2012.06.026     Document Type: Review

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