TY - JOUR
T1 - Lowering the sintering temperature and enhancing densification by epitaxy in structurally diphasic Al2O3 and Al2O3MgO xerogels
AU - Suwa, Yoshiko
AU - Roy, Rustum
AU - Komarneni, Sridhar
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was supported by the U.S. Air Force Office of Scientific Research under Contract F49620~5-C-0069.
PY - 1986/10
Y1 - 1986/10
N2 - The densification and sintering behavior of diphasic xerogels derived from boehmite and Al2O3MgO compositions seeded with α-Al2O3, spinel (MgAl2O4), α-Fe2O3, Cr2O3, kaolinite and Ludox was studied by measuring densities and by microstructural characterization of sintered materials. Isostructural seeding with the final equilibrium phase, i.e. α-Al2O3 in boehmite and α-Al2O3 and spinel in Al2O3MgO gels, resulted in enhanced densification as well as sintering at lower temperatures. Solid state epitaxy appears to be the mechanism by which isostructural seeding affects the densification and sintering behavior. Microstructural characterization revealed uniform grain growth with little or no porosity in the gels with isostructural seeds, while non-uniform grain growth and porosity were seen in unseeded gels as well as in gel with nonisostructural seeds. Isostructural seeding may become a generalizable process for enhancing densification and sintering in sol-gel ceramic processing.
AB - The densification and sintering behavior of diphasic xerogels derived from boehmite and Al2O3MgO compositions seeded with α-Al2O3, spinel (MgAl2O4), α-Fe2O3, Cr2O3, kaolinite and Ludox was studied by measuring densities and by microstructural characterization of sintered materials. Isostructural seeding with the final equilibrium phase, i.e. α-Al2O3 in boehmite and α-Al2O3 and spinel in Al2O3MgO gels, resulted in enhanced densification as well as sintering at lower temperatures. Solid state epitaxy appears to be the mechanism by which isostructural seeding affects the densification and sintering behavior. Microstructural characterization revealed uniform grain growth with little or no porosity in the gels with isostructural seeds, while non-uniform grain growth and porosity were seen in unseeded gels as well as in gel with nonisostructural seeds. Isostructural seeding may become a generalizable process for enhancing densification and sintering in sol-gel ceramic processing.
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U2 - 10.1016/0025-5416(86)90182-5
DO - 10.1016/0025-5416(86)90182-5
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0022790015
SN - 0025-5416
VL - 83
SP - 151
EP - 159
JO - Materials Science and Engineering
JF - Materials Science and Engineering
IS - 1
ER -