Basic research in crystalline and noncrystalline ceramic systems: Annual report for the period December 1, 1983 to November 30, 1984

Technical Report · Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1984

OSTI ID:5001842

The basic research program in crystalline and noncrystalline ceramic systems sponsored by the US Department of Energy supports a significant fraction of the research effort and graduate student training in ceramics at MIT. During the past year kinetic and equilibrium studies related to grain boundary segregation and grain boundary properties in a variety of materials including structural ceramics such as silicon carbide and aluminum oxide have been completed. Another significant area of study has been related to sintering behavior and grain growth in structural and other ceramics. Included in this report are the following: electrical and optical properties, grain boundary mobility, sintering, diffusion, defects, quenching of solid samples for high temperature equilibrium measurement, and suppression of insulator charging during SIMS and SEMS measurements. 227 refs., 113 figs., 23 tabs.

• Research Organization: Massachusetts Inst. of Tech., Cambridge (USA). Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-76ER02390
• OSTI ID: 5001842
• Report Number(s): DOE/ER/02390-T2; ON: DE88011578
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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36 MATERIALS SCIENCE
CERAMICS
CRYSTAL DEFECTS
ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES
GRAIN BOUNDARIES
OPTICAL PROPERTIES
RESEARCH PROGRAMS
ALUMINIUM OXIDES
ANNEALING
CRYSTAL GROWTH
DIFFUSION
LATTICE PARAMETERS
MAGNESIUM OXIDES
MICROSTRUCTURE
POINT DEFECTS
PROGRESS REPORT
SEGREGATION
SILICON CARBIDES
SINTERING
STRONTIUM TITANATES
TEMPERATURE EFFECTS
ZINC OXIDES
ALKALINE EARTH METAL COMPOUNDS
ALUMINIUM COMPOUNDS
CARBIDES
CARBON COMPOUNDS
CHALCOGENIDES
CRYSTAL STRUCTURE
DOCUMENT TYPES
FABRICATION
HEAT TREATMENTS
MAGNESIUM COMPOUNDS
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
SILICON COMPOUNDS
STRONTIUM COMPOUNDS
TITANATES
TITANIUM COMPOUNDS
TRANSITION ELEMENT COMPOUNDS
ZINC COMPOUNDS
360104* - Metals & Alloys- Physical Properties
360102 - Metals & Alloys- Structure & Phase Studies