Combustion synthesis of sialon ceramic powders: A review

Materials and Manufacturing Processes

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 113-125

  Liu, Guanghua ^a   Chen, Kexin ^b   Li, Jiangtao ^a  

^a TECHNICAL INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY   (China)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Ceramics; Combustion; Crystals; Growth; Kinetics; Nitride; Reaction; Synthesis

Indexed keywords

CERAMICS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; ELEVATED REACTIONS; EQUI-AXED GRAINS; FUNCTIONAL APPLICATIONS; GRAIN MORPHOLOGIES; GROWTH MECHANISMS; HIGH HEATING RATES; MECHANICAL ACTIVATION; PROCESSING PARAMETERS; PROCESSING TIME; PRODUCTION OF; REACTION; REACTION CONDITIONS; REACTION PATHS; REACTIVE SINTERING; ROD-LIKE CRYSTAL; SIALON; SIALON CERAMICS; SIALON POWDERS;

COMBUSTION; CRYSTALS; ENERGY UTILIZATION; ENZYME KINETICS; GRAIN GROWTH; GROWTH (MATERIALS); GROWTH KINETICS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NITRIDES; POWDERS; REACTION KINETICS; SINTERING; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

COMBUSTION SYNTHESIS;

EID: 84873639722     PISSN: 10426914     EISSN: 15322475     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10426914.2012.718471     Document Type: Review

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