Average Grain Size in Polycrystalline Ceramics |
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Authors: | MEL I. MENDELSON |
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Affiliation: | Fairchild Semiconductor Research and Development Laboratory, Palo Alto, California 94304 |
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Abstract: | A model is proposed which realistically characterizes the grain structure of polycrystalline ceramics. The average grain size of a log-normal distribution of grain sizes with tetrakaidecahedral (truncated octahedral) shape is related to the average intercept size by a proportionality constant. This result can be used to determine the average grain size of a sintered powder compact composed of nontextured grains which shows no discontinuous grain growth. |
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