Development of Tough α-SiAlON

Abstract:

• Periodical: Key Engineering Materials (Volume 237)
• Pages: 65-78
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.237.65
• Online since: April 2003
• Authors: I.-Wei Chen, R.A. Shuba, M.Y. Zenotchkine
• Keywords: Fracture Toughness, Microstructure, Nucleation, Phase Transformation, ß-SiAlON

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