Novel cordierite nanopowders of new crystallization aspects and its cordierite-based glass ceramics of improved mechanical and electrical properties for optimal use in multidisciplinary scopes

2015 ◽  
Vol 162 ◽  
pp. 299-307 ◽  
Author(s):  
M.M.S. Sanad ◽  
M.M. Rashad ◽  
E.A. Abdel-Aal ◽  
K. Powers
Author(s):  
W. E. Lee ◽  
A. H. Heuer

IntroductionTraditional steatite ceramics, made by firing (vitrifying) hydrous magnesium silicate, have long been used as insulators for high frequency applications due to their excellent mechanical and electrical properties. Early x-ray and optical analysis of steatites showed that they were composed largely of protoenstatite (MgSiO3) in a glassy matrix. Recent studies of enstatite-containing glass ceramics have revived interest in the polymorphism of enstatite. Three polymorphs exist, two with orthorhombic and one with monoclinic symmetry (ortho, proto and clino enstatite, respectively). Steatite ceramics are of particular interest a they contain the normally unstable high-temperature polymorph, protoenstatite.Experimental3mm diameter discs cut from steatite rods (∼10” long and 0.5” dia.) were ground, polished, dimpled, and ion-thinned to electron transparency using 6KV Argon ions at a beam current of 1 x 10-3 A and a 12° angle of incidence. The discs were coated with carbon prior to TEM examination to minimize charging effects.


2010 ◽  
Vol 35 (1) ◽  
pp. 59-69 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fares Serradj ◽  
Rebal Guemini ◽  
Hichem Farh ◽  
Karim Djemmal

2015 ◽  
Vol 57 (11) ◽  
pp. 1485-1490 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. A. Vorozhtsov ◽  
А. P. Khrustalyov ◽  
D. G. Eskin ◽  
S. N. Кulkov ◽  
N. Alba-Baena

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