Constitutive modeling of alumina sintering: Grain-size effect on dominant densification mechanism

Computational Materials Science

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 196-202

  He, Zeming ^a   Ma, J ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Activation energy; Constitutive modeling; Densification; Grain size; Grain boundary diffusion; Interface reaction

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; DENSIFICATION; DIFFUSION IN SOLIDS; FABRICATION; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; SINTERING; SURFACE TENSION;

CONSTITUTIVE MODELING; GRAIN BOUNDARY DIFFUSION; GRAIN SIZE; RELATIVE DENSITY (RD);

ALUMINA;

EID: 9644266840     PISSN: 09270256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.commatsci.2004.08.006     Document Type: Article

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