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Effective Medium Theory of the Porosity Dependence of Bulk Moduli
Author(s) -
Munro Ronald G.
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
journal of the american ceramic society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.9
H-Index - 196
eISSN - 1551-2916
pISSN - 0002-7820
DOI - 10.1111/j.1151-2916.2001.tb00815.x
Subject(s) - porosity , moduli , materials science , ceramic , volume fraction , volume (thermodynamics) , composite material , mineralogy , thermodynamics , chemistry , physics , quantum mechanics
Effective medium theory is used to obtain a closed‐ form expression for the porosity dependence of the bulk moduli of ceramics. The theory is illustrated with an application to data for high‐purity alumina that spans a volume fraction of porosity ranging from 0.5% to 90%.