Low-temperature preparation of novel stabilized aluminum titanate ceramic fibers via nonhydrolytic sol-gel method through linear self-assembly of precursors

Aluminum titanate (Al2TiO5) film was prepared via sol-gel method at low temperature, using ethyl acetoacetate and anhydrous citric acid as compound chelating agent, tetrabutyl titanate (Ti (OC4H9)4) and aluminum chloride (AlCl3.6H2O) as precursors, ethanol as solvent. The phase transformation of Al2TiO5 xerogel during heat treatment, the effect of different chelating agents on the synthesis of Al2TiO5, and the phase composition and morphology of film were investigated by means of differential thermal and thermo gravimetric analysis (DTA-TG), X-ray diffraction analysis (XRD), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) and field-emission scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM). The results demonstrate that Al2TiO5 can be synthesized at 750 °C by using compound chelating agent, rather than single chelating agent. Compound chelating agent contributes to the formation of Al-O-Ti heterogeneous bond, which is the key to preparing Al2TiO5 at low temperature. High quality Al2TiO5 film could be coated on the SiC substract at 750°C.

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Synthesis of Aluminum Titanate Powder at Low Temperature via Nonhydrolytic Sol-Gel Method by Using Aluminum Powder

Materials Science Forum ◽

10.4028/www.scientific.net/msf.745-746.673 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 745-746 ◽

pp. 673-678 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Wei Hui Jiang ◽

Zhi Fang Xu ◽

Jian Min Liu ◽

Qing Xia Zhu ◽

Quan Zhang

Keyword(s):

Low Temperature ◽

Aluminum Powder ◽

Raw Materials ◽

Sol Gel ◽

Aluminum Titanate ◽

Gel Method ◽

Sol Gel Method ◽

Transmission Electron ◽

Oxygen Donor ◽

Metal Aluminum

Aluminum titanate (Al2TiO5) powder has been synthesized at low temperature via nonhydrolytic sol-gel method by using aluminum powder as aluminum source, titanium tetrachloride as titanium source, anhydrous ethanol as oxygen donor with different catalysts. The phase transformation of aluminum titanate xerogel powder during heat treatment and the influence of the mixing orders of raw materials, catalyst kinds on the synthesis of aluminum titanate were investigated by means of differential-thermal analysis (DTA-TG), X-ray diffraction (XRD), transmission electron microscope (TEM). The results indicated that aluminum titanate powder was easily synthesized at 750 °C by using AlCl3 as catalyst with a mixing order of adding TiCl4 before AlCl3 into aluminum alcohol mixture. The catalytic order of the different catalysts in the preparation process of aluminum titanate is: FeCl3> AlCl3> MgCl2. The catalyst promoted the activation of metal aluminum powder and played a major role in the synthesis of aluminum titanate powder at low temperature via nonhydrolytic sol-gel method.

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Low-Temperature Synthesis of Magnesium-Stabilized Aluminum Titanate Powder via Non-Hydrolytic Sol-Gel Method

Materials Science Forum ◽

10.4028/www.scientific.net/msf.848.319 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 848 ◽

pp. 319-323 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Guo Feng ◽

Wei Hui Jiang ◽

Jian Min Liu ◽

Quan Zhang ◽

Zi Hu ◽

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Keyword(s):

Low Temperature ◽

Sol Gel ◽

Magnesium Acetate ◽

Magnesium Fluoride ◽

Aluminum Titanate ◽

Low Temperature Synthesis ◽

Temperature Synthesis ◽

Magnesium Powder ◽

Gel Method ◽

Sol Gel Method

Magnesium-stabilized aluminum titanate powder was prepared via non-hydrolytic sol-gel method using titanium tetrachloride and anhydrous aluminium chloride as precursors, anhydrous ethanol as the oxygen donor, magnesium powder, magnesium fluoride, magnesium ethoxide and anhydrous magnesium acetate as stabilizers. The effect of magnesium stabilizers on low temperature synthesis of aluminum titanate was investigated, and their role and mechanism in stabilizing aluminum titanate were also studied by XRD, FT-IR and thermal expansion dilatometer. The results show that introducing magnesium powder or magnesium fluoride can’t stabilize aluminum titanate, they also lead to the failure of aluminum titanate low-temperature synthesis at 750 °C due to its promotion of non-hydrolytic homogeneous condensation. Anhydrous magnesium acetate and magnesium ethoxide can react with aluminum alkoxide and titanium alkoxide in the precursor mixture to form heterogeneous condensation bonds, which promotes magnesium ion to dope into aluminum titanate lattice at 750 °C, and hence to improve its thermal stability.

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