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absorption frequency 470-1
accommodation processes 434, 439-45
GBS with diffusional flow 439, 440
GBS with dislocation movement 439, 440-2
shear thickening creep 444-5
solution-precipitation creep 442-4
activation energy 264-5, 437-8
additives
fugitive 515-18
magnesia-spinel refractories 366-7
sintering see sintering additives
advanced carbon materials, nanostructured coatings on see nanostructured coatings
advanced ceramics: basic material properties 335, 336
alkali attack 360-1, 367, 368, 391-2
Almax alumina fibre 64, 66
?-? phase transformation 39
?/?-sialon 155, 157, 160, 494-8, 510
aspect ratio effect 497
composition design 495-6
thermal and Young's modulus mismatches 497-8
and transformation 493
volume fraction of elongated grains 496-7
?-sialon 155-6, 157, 158-9, 492-3, 522, 537-8, 556-7
change in the amount in tape laminated sialon FGMs 168
eroded surfaces 544-5
erosion performance 543-4
microstructure and erosion mechanisms 553
microstructure and mechanical properties 550-2
powder bed methods for sialon FGMs 170-2
?-silicon nitride 155, 156, 475
carbon-ceramic alloys 522-3, 526, 527
alumina 3-4, 536
duplex microstructures with YAG 118
fibres suitable for reinforcement of glass/glass-ceramic matrix composites 62-6
material properties 336
particulate composites 107-9
sintering additive 34, 40-1, 44, 50-1, 53
sintering in magnesia-alumina system 364
thermal shock behaviour 413, 414, 415
reinforced with iron particles 414, 415
resistance parameters 411
alumina-aluminium titanate composite 114-15
alumina-CNT composites
mechanical properties 320-3, 324-5
nanoceramics 251-3
alumina-lanthanum phosphate (monazite) 335-4, 352
machinability 341-4, 345
mechanical properties 338-41
microstructure 341, 342, 343
alumina-matrix LGMs 138-50
alumina/aluminium titanate...
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