Tailoring of mechanical properties of Si[3]N[4] ceramics

Preface. I: Processing and Densification F.F. Lange, E.P. Luther, J.G. Heinrich, H. Kruner, R. Oberacker, G. Grathwohl. II: Microstructure -- Development, Characterization and Influence on Mechanical Properties M.J. Hoffmann, F. Mucklich, J. Ohser, S. Hartmann, M.J. Hoffmann, G. Petzow, P.F. Becher, S.L. Hwang, H.T. Lin, T.N. Tiegs, Y. Tajima, K. Urashima. III: Phase Diagrams and SiA1ON Composites M. Hillert, D.P. Thompson, T.S. Yen, Th. Ekstrom. IV: Grain Boundary Phases. IV.1. Properties of Oxynitride Glasses R.E. Loehman, T. Rouxel, H. Lemercier, J.-L. Besson, St. Hampshire. IV.2. Devitrification in Silicon Nitride Ceramics R. Raj, M.H. Lewis, M.J. Hoffmann, H. Schubert, E. Gehrke. IV.3. Analysis and Characterization of Intergranular Grain Boundary Films H.-J. Kleebe, M.K. Cinibulk, I. Tanaka, J. Bruley, J.S. Vetrano, M. Ruhle, H. Gu, M.J. Hoffmann, R.M. Cannon, D.R. Clarke. V: High Temperature Properties S.M. Wiederhorn, W.E. Luecke, B.J. Hockey, G.G. Long, D.S. Wilkinson, T. Ohji, W. Pompe, H. Kessler, R.H. Dauskardt, G.A. Schneider, I. Tanaka. VI: Mechanical Performance and Applications M. Matsui, M. Masuda, C. Saraiva Martins, M. Steen, J. Bressers, L. Guerra Rosa, K.D. Morgenthaler, H. Buhl, Y, Tajima, K. Mizuno, K. Matsubara, M. Watanabe. Author Index. Subject Index.