The effect of carbon nanotubes on the sintering behaviour of zirconia

Journal of the European Ceramic Society

Volumn 32, Issue 16, 2012, Pages 4149-4156

  Milsom, Ben ^a   Viola, Giuseppe ^a   Gao, Zhipeng ^a   Inam, Fawad ^b   Peijs, Ton ^a   Reece, Michael J ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b GLYNDWR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

A. Sintering; B. Nanocomposites; D. Carbon; D. ZrO 2

Indexed keywords

D. ZRO 2; GRAIN-BOUNDARY DIFFUSION; ISOTHERMAL CONDITIONS; LOWER ENERGIES; PERCOLATING NETWORKS; RATE-LIMITING STEPS; SINTERING ACTIVATION ENERGY; SINTERING MECHANISM; SINTERING PROCESS;

EID: 84866761430     PISSN: 09552219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2012.07.028     Document Type: Article

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