Tough cookery

Derek Thompson
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Derek Thompson: Materials and Manufacturing Engineering, Old Forge Building, University of Newcastle

Nature, 1997, vol. 389, issue 6652, 675-677

Abstract: Many mechanical applications need materials that are not just strong and hard, but tough and resistant to wear. The ceramic β-SiAlON is a good example — it is inherently hard and strong, and can be grown with a whiskery microstructure that makes it tough. Now the even harder α-SiAlON has been grown with the same sort of tough microstructure, promising higher-performance cutting tools and engine components, for example.

Date: 1997
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