1. The Effect of Secondary Phases and Birefringence on Visible Light Transmission in Translucent α’-sialon Ceramics Open Access Author: Morandi, Carl Sebastian Title: The Effect of Secondary Phases and Birefringence on Visible Light Transmission in Translucent α’-sialon Ceramics Graduate Program: Materials Science and Engineering Keywords: α’-SiAlONCeramicsLight TransmissionTransparent α’-SiAlONTranslucent α’-SiAlONAlN-PolytypoidMicrostructure Control File: Download Carl-_Thesis-Revised_Final.pdf Committee Members: Gary Lynn Messing, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor