Evaluation of fracture toughness of ZrO₂ and Si₃N₄ engineering ceramics following CO₂ and fibre laser surface treatment

Physics & Astronomy

• surface treatment 55%
• fracture strength 52%
• fiber lasers 46%
• engineering 38%
• ceramics 35%
• evaluation 33%
• cracks 27%
• indentation 26%
• crack geometry 14%
• hardness 13%
• laser beams 12%
• lasers 11%
• softening 8%
• delivery 8%
• surface layers 7%
• brightness 7%
• absorptivity 7%
• diamonds 6%
• microscopy 6%
• propagation 5%
• wavelengths 4%

Engineering & Materials Science

• Fiber lasers 71%
• Surface treatment 55%
• Fracture toughness 46%
• Cracks 29%
• Indentation 28%
• Laser radiation 26%
• Lasers 19%
• Hardness 13%
• Coordinate measuring machines 10%
• Optical microscopy 9%
• Computational methods 9%
• Compressive stress 9%
• Diamonds 8%
• Luminance 8%
• Wavelength 7%
• Geometry 5%

Chemical Compounds

• Laser Surface Treatment 100%
• Fracture Toughness 59%
• Ceramic 40%
• Fiber 33%
• Laser Radiation 24%
• Surface 11%
• Length 10%
• Absorption Coefficient 9%
• Diamond 8%
• Optical Microscopy 7%
• Surface Modification 7%
• Wavelength 6%
• Resistance 5%
• Modification 4%