Elastic SiAlON

As with other ceramic composites, the combination of a- and/or P-sialon with reinforcement agents results in sialon composites. This simple and obvious statement encompasses many factors which must be taken into account for successfully fabricating composites with a designed microstructure and improved properties (Prewo, 1989). For sialon matrix composites, the most important factors are physical compatibility including Young s modulus, elastic strain (Kerans and Parthasarathy, 1991) and thermal expansion coefficient (Sambell etal., 1972a, b), and chemical compatibility between sialon matrix... 

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