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Microwave Sintering of Silicon Nitride Ceramics

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Hirao, K., Jones, M.I., Brito, M.E., Toriyama, M. (2006). Microwave Sintering of Silicon Nitride Ceramics. In: Willert-Porada, M. (eds) Advances in Microwave and Radio Frequency Processing. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-32944-2_57

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