Processing and Sintering of Alumina-YAG Nanocomposites

2006 ◽  
Vol 45 ◽  
pp. 1696-1703 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paola Palmero ◽  
Laura Montanaro
Keyword(s):  
Grain Size ◽  
Salt Solution ◽  
Composite Powder ◽  
Powder Processing ◽  
Pure Alumina ◽  
Α Phase ◽  
Mean Grain Size ◽  
Fine Microstructure ◽  
Pre Treatment ◽  
Co Precipitation

The elaboration of 50 vol.% Al2O3/YAG (Y3Al5O12) nanocomposites was pursued by comparing two processing routes. In one case, a composite powder was firstly synthesized via reverse-strike co-precipitation and then submitted to an optimized thermal and extensive milling pre-treatment prior to sinter. In the second case, a pure-alumina precursor was prepared via reverse-strike precipitation and then doped with an yttrium salt solution; such doping procedure was performed on alumina samples submitted to several thermal and/or mechanical pre-treatments carried out to yield more or less relevant α-phase amounts. The optimization of the thermal/mechanical pre-treatment of the former powder led to a very homogeneous, dense and fine microstructure, made of α-alumina and YAG grains of about 300 nm in size. On the contrary, sintered bodies characterised by a larger mean grain size and a lower homogeneity in microstructure were obtained by using the second starting powder, even if, also in this case, a suitable control of the powder processing can allow a promising improvement of the microstructural features.

scholarly journals Fabrication of highly-transparent Er:CaF2 ceramics by hot-pressing technique

2014 ◽  
Vol 32 (3) ◽  
pp. 358-363 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. Zhou ◽  
F. Cai ◽  
G. Zhi ◽  
B. Mei
Keyword(s):  
Grain Size ◽  
Optical Transmittance ◽  
Uniaxial Pressure ◽  
Precipitation Method ◽  
Potential Candidate ◽  
Erbium Ions ◽  
Sintering Additive ◽  
Average Grain Size ◽  
Mean Grain Size ◽  
Co Precipitation

AbstractHighly-transparent trivalent erbium ion doped calcium fluoride (5 mol % Er:CaF2) ceramics were fabricated by a hotpressing (HP) method using high-purity Er:CaF2 nanoparticles, which were synthesized by co-precipitation method. The mean grain size of the nanoparticles was about 24.7 nm. The nanoparticles were sintered at 600 °C, 700 °C, 800 °C and 900 °C, respectively, for 30 min under a uniaxial pressure of 30 MPa and vacuum of 10−3 Pa with 1 mol % lithium fluoride (LiF) as sintering additive. The 5 mol % Er:CaF2 ceramics sintered at 800 °C exhibits high density and pore-free microstructure with an average grain size of about 8 μm. The optical transmittance of the transparent ceramics is close to 85 % at visible and nearinfrared wavelengths. The strong and broad absorptions peaks corresponding to characteristic absorption of trivalent erbium ions make the ceramics a potential candidate for infrared and upconversion laser operating.

On the High Pure Alumina Composite Powder for Sintering at 1400°C, A Preliminary Investigation

2006 ◽  
Vol 313 ◽  
pp. 59-62 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pei Ching Yu ◽  
Fu Su Yen
Keyword(s):  
Composite Powder ◽  
Preliminary Investigation ◽  
Particle Sizes ◽  
Alumina Ceramics ◽  
Composite Powders ◽  
Pure Alumina ◽  
Α Phase ◽  
Alumina Particles ◽  
Crystallite Sizes ◽  
Alumina Composite

Pure alumina composite powders for low-temperature sintering purpose are examined. θ- and α- phase alumina particles with crystallite sizes 20 to 50 nm and 50 to 200 nm, respectively were mixed in an appropriate ratio. The composite powder can be easily sintered at temperatures as low as 1400oC, preparing high density and high pure alumina ceramics with grain size finer than 500 nm. Except the higher surface energy provided by the finer particle sizes, the performance of the powder can be attributed to the critical size phenomena occur during θ- and α- alumina phase transformation and the Furnas model that induced higher pacing density of the compact.

Sedimentological and Biological Changes Associated with the Construction of the Oil Terminal of Antifer, France

1984 ◽  
Vol 16 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 399-406
Author(s):  
Y Monbet
Keyword(s):  
Grain Size ◽  
Environmental Changes ◽  
Biological Effects ◽  
Standing Stock ◽  
Natural Populations ◽  
Benthic Fauna ◽  
Field Investigations ◽  
Mean Grain Size ◽  
To Receive ◽  
Principal Species

A study was conducted to gain insight on actual sedimentological and biological effects associated with the construction of an oil Terminal designed to receive 500 000 d.w.t. tankers. Field investigations and subsequent laboratory analyses were organized to evaluate the nature and magnitude of environmental changes on benthic macrofauna, three years after the end of the construction. Sediments were found to decrease dramatically in medium grain size in area sheltered by the newly built breakwater. Increase of percentage of silt and clays (90 % against 20 %) was observed leeward of the jetty. The benthic fauna showed significant modifications. Although the same community (Pectinaria kareni Abra alba) recolonized the bottom after the dredging of up to 30 × 106 m3 of sediments, increase in abundance occured. Biomass remained at a constant level and decrease of diversity was observed. Considering the rate of siltation, and assuming a constant siltation rate equal to the rate observed from 1975 to 1978, a simple regressive model relating biomass to mean grain size of sediments has been developped. This model allowed the prediction of biomass and production of the two principal species for the period 1978 – 1981. Continuous siltation within the harbor leads to a maximum of biomass from years after the end of the construction, followed by a decrease of standing stock. This process may be explained by the respective tolerance of the two principal species to increase silt contant and also probably by the accumulation of organic matter which may impede the development of natural populations.

scholarly journals Preparation of high-entropy carbides by different sintering techniques

2021 ◽  
Vol 56 (19) ◽  
pp. 11237-11247 ◽  
Author(s):  
Johannes Pötschke ◽  
Manisha Dahal ◽  
Mathias Herrmann ◽  
Anne Vornberger ◽  
Björn Matthey ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Grain Size ◽  
Single Phase ◽  
X Ray Diffraction ◽  
Vacuum Sintering ◽  
X Ray ◽  
High Entropy ◽  
Mean Grain Size ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Gas Pressure Sintering ◽  
Hardness Values

AbstractDense (Hf, Ta, Nb, Ti, V)C- and (Ta, Nb, Ti, V, W)C-based high-entropy carbides (HEC) were produced by three different sintering techniques: gas pressure sintering/sinter–HIP at 1900 °C and 100 bar Ar, vacuum sintering at 2250 °C and 0.001 bar as well as SPS/FAST at 2000 °C and 60 MPa pressure. The relative density varied from 97.9 to 100%, with SPS producing 100% dense samples with both compositions. Grain size measurements showed that the substitution of Hf with W leads to an increase in the mean grain size of 5–10 times the size of the (Hf, Ta, Nb, Ti, V,)C samples. Vacuum-sintered samples showed uniform grain size distribution regardless of composition. EDS mapping revealed the formation of a solid solution with no intermetallic phases or element clustering. X-ray diffraction analysis showed the structure of mostly single-phase cubic high-entropy carbides. Hardness measurements revealed that (Hf, Ta, Nb, Ti, V)C samples possess higher hardness values than (Ta, Nb, Ti, V, W)C samples.

Holocene sedimentation in the Hupo Trough of the southwestern East Sea (Japan Sea) and development of the East Korea Warm Current

The Holocene ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 095968362110032
Author(s):  
Boo-Keun Khim ◽  
Sunghan Kim ◽  
Yu-Hyeon Park ◽  
Jongmin Lee ◽  
Sangbeom Ha ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Grain Size ◽  
Japan Sea ◽  
East Sea ◽  
Eastern Coast ◽  
Size Change ◽  
Sediment Properties ◽  
Warm Current ◽  
The Holocene ◽  
Mean Grain Size ◽  
East Korea Warm Current

Various sediment properties, such as mean grain size, total organic carbon, total nitrogen, C/N ratio, CaCO3, and biogenic opal content, were analyzed for a box core (BC02; 45 cm long) and a gravity core (GC02; 628 cm long), which were collected from the western margin of the Hupo Trough located off the eastern coast of Korea. The study area has been affected by the East Korea Warm Current (EKWC), a branch of the Tsushima Warm Current (TWC). The analytical results obtained for BC02 and the upper part of GC02 were in agreement, affirming the core-top preservation of GC02. Based on the corrected calibrated AMS 14C dates, the sedimentation rate of GC02 changed abruptly at ~8.2 ka from ~4.0–10.2 cm/kyr in the lower part to ~56.6–91.0 cm/kyr in the middle to upper part. This corresponds to the lithologic change from sandy mud to mud sediments showing the mean grain size change from 6.9 to 46.0 μm. Diverse paleoceanographic proxies representing the surface water condition exhibited varying degree of change at ~8.2 ka, after which all the properties remain almost unchanged, implying stable and continuous depositional conditions following the complete development of the EKWC. Furthermore, it indicated that the sediment depositional conditions in the Hupo Trough in response to the EKWC might have stabilized at ~8.2 ka since the opening of the Korea Strait during the Holocene sea level rise. Moreover, microfossil data from previous studies on the establishment of the TWC in the East Sea (Japan Sea) support our interpretation that the sediment properties revealed the Holocene development of the EKWC in the Hupo Trough.

The Use of Closely Spaced Vickers Indentations to Model Erosion of Polycrystalline α-Al2O3

2004 ◽  
Vol 843 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adolfo Franco Júnior ◽  
Steve G. Roberts
Keyword(s):  
Grain Size ◽  
Impact Velocity ◽  
Erosive Wear ◽  
Significant Loss ◽  
Crack Coalescence ◽  
Good Correspondence ◽  
Mean Grain Size ◽  
Static Indentation ◽  
Α Al2o3 ◽  
Wear Maps

ABSTRACTArrays of closely spaced quasi-static indentation were made on specimens of polycrystalline α-Al2O3, mean grain size G=1.2, 3.8 and 14.1 μm. The critical indentation spacing to produce crack coalescence between indentations, and thus significant loss of material from the surface, was determined. These data are compared to results for low-impact-velocity wet erosive wear on the same materials; a good correspondence is found. The indentation data can be used to produce “wear maps”, which provide a guideline for predicting the low-impact-velocity erosive wear resistance of brittle materials.

scholarly journals Pre-treatment of desalination feed seawater by Jordanian Tripoli, Pozzolana, and Feldspar: Batch experiments

2011 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 163-171 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aiman Al-Rawajfeh ◽  
Khaldoon Al-Whoosh ◽  
Dwairi Al ◽  
Ahmad Al-Maaberah ◽  
Amer Tarawneh
Keyword(s):  
Layered Double Hydroxide ◽  
Metal Ion ◽  
Raw Materials ◽  
Batch Experiments ◽  
Initial Concentration ◽  
Considerable Potential ◽  
Ion Concentrations ◽  
Pre Treatment ◽  
Co Precipitation ◽  
Double Hydroxide

In this research, composites of layered double hydroxide (LDH) with three Jordanian natural raw materials; Tripoli (T), Pozzolana (P) and Feldspar (F) were prepared by co-precipitation and have been used for feed seawater pre-treatment. The data reveals that percent adsorption decreased with increase in initial concentration, but the actual amount of adsorbed ions per unit mass of LDH/T-P-F increased with increase in metal ion concentrations. The values of ?Go were negative and within 21 to 26 KJ/mol, while the values of ?Ho and ?So were positive and within the range of 0.1 to 25 KJ/mol. The values of ?H?, ?S?, and ?G? indicate the favorability of physisorption and show that the LDH/T-P-F composites have a considerable potential as adsorbents for the removal of ions from seawater.

scholarly journals Fabrication of (SiC-AlN)/ZrB2 Composite with Nano-Micron Hybrid Microstructure via PCS-Derived Ceramics Route

Materials ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 334
Author(s):  
Aidong Xia ◽  
Jie Yin ◽  
Xiao Chen ◽  
Zhengren Huang ◽  
Xuejian Liu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Grain Size ◽  
Flexural Strength ◽  
Hot Pressing ◽  
Raw Materials ◽  
Secondary Phase ◽  
Pressing Temperature ◽  
Xrd Pattern ◽  
Mean Grain Size ◽  
The Mean

In this work, a (SiC-AlN)/ZrB2 composite with outstanding mechanical properties was prepared by using polymer-derived ceramics (PDCs) and hot-pressing technique. Flexural strength reached up to 460 ± 41 MPa, while AlN and ZrB2 contents were 10 wt%, and 15 wt%, respectively, under a hot-pressing temperature of 2000 °C. XRD pattern-evidenced SiC generated by pyrolysis of polycarbosilane (PCS) was mainly composed by 2H-SiC and 4H-SiC, both belonging to α-SiC. Micron-level ZrB2 secondary phase was observed inside the (SiC-AlN)/ZrB2 composite, while the mean grain size (MGS) of SiC-AlN matrix was approximately 97 nm. This unique nano-micron hybrid microstructure enhanced the mechanical properties. The present investigation provided a feasible tactic for strengthening ceramics from PDCs raw materials.

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