ISSN:
1476-4687
Source:
Nature Archives 1869 - 2009
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
Notes:
[Auszug] Monolithic ceramics are not widely used as structural materials because of their brittleness. Ceramic matrix composites, in which whiskers or fibres of strong ceramics such as silicon carbide or silicon nitride are embedded in a ceramic matrix, offer improved toughness and strength because the ...
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/37937
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