Mechanical properties and electrical conductivity of alumina/MWCNT and alumina/zirconia/MWCNT composites

Ceramics International

Volumn 40, Issue 1 PART B, 2014, Pages 1289-1295

  Michálek, Martin ^a   Sedláček, Jaroslav ^a   Parchoviansky, Milan ^b   Michálková, Monika ^c   Galusek, Dušan ^a  

^a Vitrum Laugaricio Joint Glass Center of the IIC SAS   (Slovakia)

^b SLOVAK UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Slovakia)

^c INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Alumina; C. Mechanical properties; MWCNT; Percolation effect

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; ALUMINUM OXIDE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; GRANULATION; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); SOLVENTS; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); VICKERS HARDNESS; YARN;

AQUEOUS SUSPENSIONS; COMPOSITE POWDERS; DC ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; MECHANICAL PRESSURE; MONOLITHIC ALUMINA; MWCNT; PERCOLATION EFFECTS;

FRACTURE;

EID: 84888007350     PISSN: 02728842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ceramint.2013.07.008     Document Type: Article

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