Toughening of zirconia/alumina composites by the addition of graphene platelets

Journal of the European Ceramic Society

Volumn 32, Issue 16, 2012, Pages 4185-4193

  Liu, Jian ^a   Yan, Haixue ^b   Reece, Mike J ^b   Jiang, Kyle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Composites; Mechanical properties; Sintering; Toughness and toughening

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA POWDER; CERAMIC MATRIX; CRACK DEFLECTIONS; GRAPHENE PLATELETS; HIGH-TEMPERATURE SINTERING; MAXIMUM HARDNESS; PULL OUT; SINGLE-EDGE NOTCHED BEAMS; TOUGHENING MECHANISMS; TOUGHNESS AND TOUGHENING;

ALUMINA; BALL MILLING; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; GRAPHENE; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; PLATELETS; POWDERS; SINTERING; SPARK PLASMA SINTERING; TOUGHNESS; ZIRCONIUM ALLOYS;

TOUGHENING;

EID: 84866765528     PISSN: 09552219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2012.07.007     Document Type: Article

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