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Fracture Toughness of Toughened Silicon Nitride by ASTM C 1421

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Author(s)

George D. Quinn, J Swab, M J. Motyka

Abstract

The fracture toughness of a commercial sintered reaction-bonded silicon nitride was measured by the three complementary test methods in ASTM C 1421. Precracks ranged from tiny artificial flaws introduced by Knoop indentation to millimeter long precracks in single-edge precracked beams. Although this material probably has a rising R-curve, the fracture values from the three methods were in good agreement.
Citation
Journal of the American Ceramic Society
Volume
86
Issue
No. 6

Keywords

ASTM C 1421, chevron notch beam, fracture toughness, reference material, silicon nitride, silicon-edge precracked beam, surface crack in flexure

Citation

Quinn, G. , Swab, J. and Motyka, M. (2003), Fracture Toughness of Toughened Silicon Nitride by ASTM C 1421, Journal of the American Ceramic Society (Accessed December 26, 2024)

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Created June 1, 2003, Updated February 19, 2017