IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/nat/nature/v389y1997i6652d10.1038_39475.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Tough cookery

Author

Listed:
  • Derek Thompson

    (Materials and Manufacturing Engineering, Old Forge Building, University of Newcastle)

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.

Suggested Citation

  • Derek Thompson, 1997. "Tough cookery," Nature, Nature, vol. 389(6652), pages 675-677, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:389:y:1997:i:6652:d:10.1038_39475
    DOI: 10.1038/39475
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/39475
    File Function: Abstract
    Download Restriction: Access to the full text of the articles in this series is restricted.
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1038/39475?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    As the access to this document is restricted, you may want to search for a different version of it.

    More about this item

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:389:y:1997:i:6652:d:10.1038_39475. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Sonal Shukla or Springer Nature Abstracting and Indexing (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.nature.com .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.