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Grain boundary microstructures in a liquid-phase sintered alumina (α-Al2O3)

S. C. Hansen Department of Metallurgy and Mining Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, 61801, U.S.A.
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D. S. Phillips Department of Metallurgy and Mining Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, 61801, U.S.A.
Pages 209-234 | Received 26 May 1982, Accepted 09 Sep 1982, Published online: 01 Dec 2006

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