Mechanical properties of graphene platelet-reinforced alumina ceramic composites

Ceramics International

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 6215-6221

  Liu, Jian ^a   Yan, Haixue ^b   Jiang, Kyle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

A. Sintering; B. Composites; C. Mechanical properties; C. Toughness and toughening

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA CERAMIC; CERAMIC COMPOSITES; CERAMIC MATRIX; CRACK DEFLECTIONS; GRAPHENE PLATELETS; MICROSTRUCTURE AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; TOUGHENING MECHANISMS; TOUGHNESS AND TOUGHENING;

ALUMINA; ALUMINUM; BENDING STRENGTH; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; GRAPHENE; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; PLATELETS; REINFORCEMENT; SPARK PLASMA SINTERING;

CERAMIC MATERIALS;

EID: 84877711432     PISSN: 02728842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ceramint.2013.01.041     Document Type: Article

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