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Influence of Grain Size on Weibull Distribution of Fracture Strength in Atmospheric-pressure Solid-phase Sintered SiC Ceramics

Juan CAO, Xishi WU, Zehua LIU, Bingbing PEI, Jianshen HAN, Huan LIU, Yitian YANG, Haibo WU, Zhengren HUANG

Journal of Inorganic Materials· Volume 41· Issue 2

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