Sintering behaviour and mechanical properties of microwave sintered silicon nitride

Advances in Microwave and Radio Frequency Processing - Report from the 8th International Conference on Microwave and High Frequency Heating

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 562-569

  Jones, Mark I ^a   Valecillos, Maria Cecilia ^a   Hirao, Kiyoshi ^a   Brito, Manuel E ^a   Toriyama, Motohiro ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

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EID: 84876138277     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-32944-2_60     Document Type: Conference Paper

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