Comparison of reactive and non-reactive spark plasma sintering routes for the fabrication of monolithic and composite Ultra High Temperature Ceramics (UHTC) materials

Materials

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1566-1583

  Orrù, Roberto ^a   Cao, Giacomo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Borides; Carbides; Mechanical activation; Self propagating high temperature synthesis; Spark plasma sintering; Ultra high temperature ceramics

Indexed keywords

BINARY COMPOSITES; COMPOSITE POWDERS; DIFFUSION PROCESS; KINETIC MECHANISM; MECHANICAL ACTIVATION; PROCESSING ROUTE; SELF-PROPAGATING HIGH TEMPERATURE SYNTHESIS; ULTRA-HIGH-TEMPERATURE CERAMICS;

BORIDES; CARBIDES; POWDERS; SOLAR BUILDINGS;

SPARK PLASMA SINTERING;

EID: 84881289763     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19961944     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ma6051566     Document Type: Article

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