New Silicate Glass-Ceramic Materials and Composites

2010 ◽  
Vol 68 ◽  
pp. 1-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dachamir Hotza ◽  
Antonio Pedro Novaes de Oliveira

New silicate glass-ceramic compositions have been investigated due to their interesting chemical, mechanical, thermal, and electrical properties. LZSA glass-ceramics based on -spodumene (Li2O•Al2O3•4-10SiO2) and zircon (ZrSiO4) crystalline phases have shown good chemical resistance, high bending strength as well as high abrasion resistance, when compared with traditional ceramic materials, and coefficient of thermal expansion from 4.6 to 9.110-6 °C-1. These features basically depend on the nature, size and distribution of the formed crystals as well as on the residual glassy phase. The nature of the formed crystalline phases and consequently the final properties can be controlled by modifying the chemical composition of the parent glass and also by adequate selection of the heat-treatment parameters. The classical fabrication of glass-ceramic materials consists on the preparation of monolithic glass components followed by heat treatments for crystallisation. However, this technology requires high investments and can be justified only for large production. A viable alternative could be the production of glass-ceramics processed from glass powders and consolidated by sintering using the same equipments of traditional ceramic plants. This work reports the manufacturing and characterization of glass-ceramic materials and composites processed by pressing, injection moulding, extrusion, casting, replication, and rapid prototyping.

2019 ◽  
pp. 173-178
Author(s):  
Yancho Hristov Hristov ◽  
Ganka Rumyanova Kolchakova

Color marble-like glass-ceramic materials were obtained through thermal treatment of glasses of the system CaO-Al2O3-SiO2 by using natural materials with the introduction of waste materials - ash from thermal power plants (TPP). The melting of the glass batch was in corundum crucibles at 1450oC with an isothermal hold of 60 min. The glasses obtained was fritted in distilled water and dried for 6 hours at 100oC, then completely crushed and divided into fractions with grain size of 0.8 mm, 1.0 mm, 2 mm, 2.5 mm and over 2.5 mm. It was found that the use of ash from TPP lead to higher values of degree of transformation (crystallization) than using base composition. Values of Avramy parameter’s in the range n=1,0 ÷ 1,6 are showed that crystallization of the glass frit is largely heterogeneous and crystal growing starts from the surface. The introduction of ash from TPP to native glasses carry out to significant reduction of energy of crystallization by Ес=289 kJ/mol to Ec=221 kJ/mol. The glass-ceramic materials were obtained through a one stage crystallization - 1050÷1070оС and an isothermal hold of 60 min., colored white, yellow brown to dark brown. The main crystalline phase in glass-ceramics is β-vollastonite with needle habit, size of crystals - ĺ = 40 ÷ 120 μm and d <5 μm in quantities 37 ÷ 42%. As secondary phases depending on the amount of ash have been identified - the anorthite, gehlenite and α-quartz with prismatic habit were appeared. The obtained glass-ceramic materials have a marble-like effect and technical parameters compared with natural granite and marble and have higher values of density, micro hardness, speed grinding, bending strength and chemical resistance. That’s why they can be used in construction such as lining materials.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ebrahim A. Mahdy ◽  
Hanaa Y. Ahmed ◽  
Mohammad Farag

Abstract In this study, we investigated the effect of introducing sodium calcium phosphate (NCP), fluorapatite (FA), or the combination of both phases in the wollastonite-diopside (WD) bioactive glass-ceramic system on the crystalline phases formed, microstructure, degradation, and biocompatibility of those materials. The prepared materials were characterized by DTA, XRD, and SEM/EDX. Moreover, the density was measured via Archimede’s method, and the mechanical properties were measured by Vicker’s microhardness indenter. The in vitro bioactivity test was carried out in the simulated body fluid (SBF), and the cell viability test was evaluated using the Vero cells. The results showed that the formed crystalline phases were close to the starting proposed phases. Moreover, NCP-containing WD glass-ceramic was showed the lowest density value due to its low densification, and accordingly, it showed the lowest Vicker`s microhardness value due to the same reason. Furthermore, combining sodium calcium phosphate in WD glass-ceramic was increased cell viability better than that included fluorapatite, whereas, the combination of both crystalline phases in WD glass-ceramic led to an increase in the cytotoxicity to the highest value. In conclusion, different properties of wollastonite-diopside glass-ceramics can be tailored by the combination of NCP or FA, and hence, these glass-ceramic materials can be modified effectively according to the purpose for which it is intended to be applied. The obtained results indicated that different properties of WD glass-ceramic materials can be tailored by the combination of NCP and/or FA. Hence, these glass-ceramics are expected to be useful materials in promising biomedical applications, such as orthopedics and dentistry.


2003 ◽  
Vol 68 (6) ◽  
pp. 505-510 ◽  
Author(s):  
Branko Matovic ◽  
Snezana Boskovic ◽  
Mihovil Logar

Local and conventional raw materials?massive basalt from the Vrelo locality on Kopaonik mountain?have been used as starting materials to test their suitability for the production of glass-ceramics. Crystallization phenomena of glasses of the fused basalt rocks were studied by X-ray phase analysis optical microscopy and other techniques. Various heat treatments were used and their influences, on controlling the microstructures and properties of the products were studied with the aim of developing high strength glass-ceramic materials. Diopside CaMg(SiO3)2 and hypersthene ((Mg,Fe)SiO3) were identifies as the crystalline phases. The final products contained considerable amounts of a glassy phase. The crystalline size was in range of 8?480 ?m with plate or needle shape. Microhardness, crashing strength and wears resistence of the glass-ceramics ranged from 6.5?7.5, from 2000?6300 kg/cm2 and from 0.1?0.2 g/cm, respectively.


Cerâmica ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 66 (380) ◽  
pp. 413-420
Author(s):  
L. M. S. e Silva ◽  
R. S. Magalhães ◽  
W. C. Macedo ◽  
G. T. A. Santos ◽  
A. E. S. Albas ◽  
...  

Abstract Recycling has been pointed out as an alternative to the disposal of waste materials in industrial landfills. In the present study, the transformation of residues (discarded foundry sand - DFS, grits, and lime mud) in glass-ceramic materials is shown. The glasses were obtained by the melting/cooling method. The precursor materials, glasses, and glass-ceramics were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), X-ray fluorescence (XRF), and differential scanning calorimetry/thermal gravimetric analysis (DSC/TGA). The glassy materials were milled, pelleted, and thermally treated at the crystallization temperatures given by DSC data to obtain the glass-ceramics (885, 961, and 1090 ºC). The main formed phases were cristobalite, α-wollastonite (parawollastonite), and β-wollastonite (pseudowollastonite). The glass-ceramics showed very low water absorption and apparent porosity (0.26 to 0.88 wt% and 0.66 to 1.77 vol%, respectively). The results confirmed that the studied residues can be used as raw materials for the manufacture of vitreous and glass-ceramic materials.


2013 ◽  
Vol 834-836 ◽  
pp. 309-314
Author(s):  
Zi Fan Xiao ◽  
Jin Shu Cheng ◽  
Jun Xie

A glass-ceramic belonging to the CaO-Al2O3-SiO2(CAS) system with different composition of spodumene and doping the Li2O with amount between 0~2.5 % (mass fraction) were prepared by onestage heat treatment, under sintering and crystallization temperature at 1120 °C for two hours. In this paper, differential thermal analysis, X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, energy dispersive spectrometry and bending strength test were employed to investigate the microstructure and properties of all samples. β-wollastonite crystals were identified as the major crystalline phases, and increasing Li2O was found to be benefit for the crystallization and tiny crystalline phases remelting, resulting in the content of major crystalline phases increased first and then decreased with increasing the expense of spodumene. Meanwhile, the crystal size can be positively related with the content of Li2O. The preferable admixed dosage of spodumene can be obtained, besides the strength of glass-ceramics can be more than 90 MPa.


2014 ◽  
Vol 953-954 ◽  
pp. 1643-1648
Author(s):  
Hang Li ◽  
Li Qiang Liu ◽  
Min Jing ◽  
Zhi Gang Wang ◽  
Zheng Wang ◽  
...  

The glass-ceramic materials were produced from silicon slag with the addition of talcum powder and TiO2 by melting them in an electrically heated furnace and subsequent heat treatment at various temperatures and time. The microstructure and crystallization behaviors of glass–ceramics have been investigated by differential thermal analysis (DTA), X-ray diffraction (XRD) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). With the increase of silicon slag content, the sequent precipitate phase is: krinovite Na (Mg1.9Fe0.1)Cr (SiO)3O, pseudobrookite Fe2TiO5 and anorthite Ca (Al2Si2O8), enstatite ferroan MgFeSi2O6, and albite Na (AlSi3O8). The shape of crystals was spherical grains. The glass–ceramic sample obtained from 70% silicon slag had the excellent mechanical performance including flexural strength of 200.45 MPa and Vickers micro hardness of 909.72 MPa.


2014 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 203-210 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gamal Khater ◽  
Maher Idris

The crystallization of some glasses, based on celsian-spodumene glass-ceramics, was investigated by different techniques including differential thermal analysis, optical microscope, X-ray diffraction, indentation, microhardness, bending strengths, water absorption and density measurement. The batches were melted and then cast into glasses, which were subjected to heat treatment to induce controlled crystallization. The resulting crystalline materials were mainly composed of ?-eucryptite solid solution, ?-spodumene solid solution, hexacelsian and monoclinic celsian, exhibiting fine grains and uniform texture. It has been found that an increasing content of celsian phase in the glasses results in increased bulk crystallization. The obtained glass-ceramic materials are characterized by high values of hardness ranging between 953 and 1013 kg/mm2, zero water absorption and bending strengths values ranging between 88 and 126MPa, which makes them suitable for many applications under aggressive mechanical conditions.


1987 ◽  
Vol 2 (6) ◽  
pp. 801-804 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. R. Clarke ◽  
B. Schwartz

The utilization of transformation toughening has hitherto been restricted to increasing the fracture resistance of polycrystalline ceramic materials. Although a number of investigators have attempted to extend the concept to toughening glasses and glass ceramics with tetragonal zirconia, no successful reports have been published. It is argued that the approaches employed are inevitably limited primarily because they do not take into account the necessity of nucleating the tetragonal-to-monoclinic transformation away from the crack tip itself. By concentrating on the nucleation event and using standard ceramic processing techniques, it has been demonstated that transformation toughening can be used to increase the toughness of glass-ceramic materials, and this approach is illustrated by increasing the fracture toughness of a cordierite glass ceramic.


2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (12) ◽  
Author(s):  
Bernd Breidenstein ◽  
Dominik Müller-Cramm ◽  
Nils Vogel

AbstractAgainst the background of the increasing cost and scarcity of raw materials that are required for the manufacture of cutting tools, the question of alternative cutting materials arises. Glasses and glass ceramics represent a possibility for this, the use of which has hardly been considered so far. This thesis is devoted to the question of whether cutting tools can be made from glass and glass ceramic materials at all. In addition, the question of how such tools can be used for which purposes is dealt with. First results on both questions are presented. The grinding of indexable inserts from the materials examined was possible without breaking corners and edges. Plastics can be easily machined with the tools produced. When machining aluminum, however, the tools made of glass fail completely, while those made of glass–ceramic show good results here too. These first results are intended to pave the way for further research in this area.


2020 ◽  
Vol 120 ◽  
pp. 174-185
Author(s):  
O. V. Savvova ◽  
G. K. Voronov ◽  
S. A. Ryabinin ◽  
E. Yu. Fedorenko ◽  
V. D. Timofeev

The prospects for use of glass-ceramic materials as electrical products were analyzed. The priority of a self-organized macro- and nanostructure formation of the glass-ceramic materials under conditions of low-temperature heat treatment to ensure their high physical and chemical properties was shown. The choice of an alumina silicate system of materials for obtaining high-strength glass-ceramic materials with improved electrical properties was substantiated, taking into account the aspects of energy saving. The technological modes of cooking, forming and heat treatment of glass-ceramic materials were determined. Resistance, dielectric constant and dielectric loss tangent at 106 Hz were measured using an E6-13A teraometer on a trielectrode system at a temperature of +29 °C and a DE-5000 RLC meter. Electric strength (Em) and cold crushing strength were determined according to GOST 24409-80. Tensile strength according to GOST 32281.1-2013 (EN 1288-1: 2000). The decisive influence on the electrical properties of glass-ceramic materials the crystalline phases of α-cordierite, β-spodumene or lithium disilicate, as well as the residual glass phase composition has been established. The structure influence of the alumina silicate glass-ceramic materials on the provision of their electrical (tgδ∙104 = 70 ÷ 80; ε = 8.0 ÷ 9.3 (at f = 106 Hz); lg ρv = 12.9 ÷ 15.0 (ρv, Ohm·cm at Т = 20 °C) and mechanical (K1C = 3.15 ÷ 4.3 МPа∙м1/2; σ comp = 630 ÷ 700 МPа, σbend = 300 ÷ 350 МPа; KCU = 4.8 ÷ 5.9 kJ/m2) properties. It was found that, the defining condition for the developed glass-ceramic materials use as insulating materials under repeated exposure to high-temperature operations is their high breakdown strength Em = 37 ÷ 42 MV/m and thermal shock resistance due to low TCLE (α∙107 = 21.5 ÷ 31.8 deg-1). The influence of phase composition and structure of the alumina silicate glass-ceramic materials on their electrical and mechanical properties was analyzed. A comparative assessment of the known ceramic and glass-ceramic materials for electrical purposes has made it possible to establish the feasibility of using the developed materials as substrates in the design of a hybrid integrated circuit, vacuum-tight shell and capacitor dielectrics.


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