Influence of processing on fracture toughness of Si3N4+graphene platelet composites

Journal of the European Ceramic Society

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2299-2304

  Kvetková, Lenka ^a   Duszová, Annamária ^a   Kašiarová, Monika ^a   Dorčáková, Františka ^a   Dusza, Ján ^a,b   Balázsi, Csaba ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Slovakia)

^b ÓBUDA UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^c INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Fracture toughness; Graphene platelet; Microstructure; Silicon nitride

Indexed keywords

CRACK BRANCHING; CRACK DEFLECTIONS; GAS-PRESSURE SINTERING; GRAPHENE PLATELETS; INDENTATION FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; MULTILAYER GRAPHENE; PROCESSING ROUTE; TOUGHENING MECHANISMS;

CRACKS; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; HOT ISOSTATIC PRESSING; MICROSTRUCTURE; PLATELETS; SILICON; SILICON NITRIDE; SINTERING;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 84878455653     PISSN: 09552219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2013.01.025     Document Type: Article

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