For mechanical machining the quality of cutting-tool materials is one of the most significant
issues that need to be addressed. Enhancement of cutting tool performance may be …

Spray drying is a widely used method of converting liquid material (aqueous or organic
solutions, emulsions and suspensions) into a dry powder. Good flowability, narrow size …

Abstract Effects of graphene oxide nanoplates (GOPs) as lubricant additives on tribological
behavior of Si 3 N 4 ceramic/GCr15 steel pairs were investigated, and especially focused on …

The study concerns silicon nitride based composites with an up to 10 wt% graphene
nonoflakes (GNP) addition. An XRD and Raman analysis of hot-pressed prepared …

Advanced ceramic materials have proved their superior wear resistance as well as
mechanical and chemical properties in a wide range of industrial applications. Today there …

This study concerns new Si 3 N 4–graphene composites manufactured using the hot-
pressing method. Because of future applications of silicon nitride for cutting tools or specific …

Hot isostatically pressed monolithic and multilayer graphene (MLG) reinforced silicon nitride
nanocomposites have been investigated by ball-on-disc tests under variable loading …

The combination of nanofluids and micro-texture is an established method to improve the
tribological properties of TiC-based ceramics (TC). Due to the limitations of nature and …

The Si 3 N 4-graphene composites (1 wt% addition of graphene) were manufactured using
powder metallurgy and consolidated using the Spark Plasma Sintering (SPS) method. In …

The effect of nanosized oxidized silicon nitride powder particles on the microstructural and
mechanical properties of hot isostatic pressed silicon nitride was studied. The starting Si 3 N …