ZrO2-ZrW2O8 Composites with tailor-made thermal expansion

Most of the materials expand upon heating. There are a few families of materials which exhibit negative thermal expansion (NTE). ZrW2O8 is an example which gained a lot of interest in international literature recently. This cubic material has an exceptionally large and isotropic negative thermal exp...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: K. De Buysser
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Chemistry and Technology, Prague 2004-12-01
Series:Ceramics-Silikáty
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Online Access:http://www.ceramics-silikaty.cz/2004/pdf/2004_04_139.pdf