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The α → β polytypic transformation in high-temperature indented SiC

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 March 2011

J.W. Yang
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106-7204
P. Pirouz
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106-7204
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Abstract

High-quality single crystals of 6H–SiC have been indented at 1170 °C in vacuum. A TEM study of the indented regions shows that a 6H → 3C polytypic transformation has occurred, further confirming that this phase transformation can be induced by an applied stress.

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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1993

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