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The brittle to ductile transition in ceramic materials is often referred to as the ductile to brittle transition in the metallurgical literature.1–4 It has been a topic of interest in crystalline ceramics for nearly half a century, since the early efforts to develop “ductile” ceramics in the 1950’s. Although there have been efforts to address the topic by examining various phenomena, including the indentation hardness and the creep deformation, this transition is best described in the traditional sense of the energy dissipation during crack extcnsion as a function of temperature.
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Stewart, R.L., Bradt, R.C. (1995). The Brittle to Ductile Transition In MgAl2O4 Spinel. In: Bradt, R.C., Brookes, C.A., Routbort, J.L. (eds) Plastic Deformation of Ceramics. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-1441-5_2
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