Dick Chang wrote:
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>                       Mechanical properties                         7/7/97
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> Hi!
>         I need the values of mechanical properties data for Si3N4 (modulus and
> Poisson's ratio) at room temperature. Can someone help? Either the values,
> reference to a book or a journal are all helpful.
>         Thank you very much.
>
> Dick Chang
>
>

There is a paper in J. Chem Phys. by Goddard and Wendel studying
thermodynamic and mechanical properties of Si3N4.  To my recollection
it had experimental and theoretical values for mechanical
properties.

Full Reference:
J.A. wendel and W.A. Goddard, III.
JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS, Vol. 97, pp5048-5062 (1992)


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