Electric field-assisted flash sintering of tin dioxide

Journal of the European Ceramic Society

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 915-923

  Muccillo, R ^a   Muccillo, E N S ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE PESQUISAS ENERGÉTICAS E NUCLEARES   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Flash sintering; Tin dioxide

Indexed keywords

AC ELECTRIC FIELD; APPARENT DENSITY; AVERAGE GRAIN SIZE; ELECTRIC CURRENT FLOW; ELECTRIC CURRENT PULSE; FLASH SINTERING; LINEAR SHRINKAGE; STRUCTURE EVOLUTION;

ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; MANGANESE OXIDE; PELLETIZING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SHRINKAGE; TIN; TIN DIOXIDE;

SINTERING;

EID: 84890557992     PISSN: 09552219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2013.09.017     Document Type: Article

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