Effect of Isothermal Sintering Time on the Properties of the Ceramic Composite ZrO2-Al2O3

2006 ◽  
Vol 530-531 ◽  
pp. 526-531 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claudinei dos Santos ◽  
L.H.P. Teixeira ◽  
J.K.M.F. Daguano ◽  
Kurt Strecker ◽  
Carlos Nelson Elias
Keyword(s):  
Grain Size ◽  
Grain Growth ◽  
Ceramic Composite ◽  
Growth Exponent ◽  
Microstructural Development ◽  
Growth Equation ◽  
Sintering Time ◽  
Al2o3 Composite ◽  
Average Grain Size ◽  
Grain Size Distributions

In this work the influence of isothermal sintering time on the microstructural development of ZrO2-Al2O3 composite was studied. Powder mixture of ZrO2 containing 20 wt% Al2O3 was prepared by milling, compaction and sintering at 16000C, in air. The isothermal sintering time at 16000C was varied between 0 and 1440 min. The sintered samples were characterized in terms of phase composition and relative density. Their microstructures were characterized by grain size distributions and average grain size. These results were evaluated using the classic grain growth equation as a function of time, determining the grain growth exponent of these materials. Furthermore, the microstructural aspects were related to the mechanical properties (Vicker’s hardness and fracture toughness) of these composites.

Microstructure Stability of a Fine-Grained AZ31 Magnesium Alloy Processed by Constrained Groove Pressing During Isothermal Annealing

2017 ◽  
Vol 139 (8) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kai Soon Fong ◽  
Ming Jen Tan ◽  
Fern Lan Ng ◽  
Atsushi Danno ◽  
Beng Wah Chua
Keyword(s):  
Activation Energy ◽  
Grain Size ◽  
Magnesium Alloy ◽  
Grain Growth ◽  
Isothermal Annealing ◽  
Az31 Magnesium Alloy ◽  
Growth Equation ◽  
Alloy Plate ◽  
Microstructure Stability ◽  
Average Grain Size

In this study, an AZ31 magnesium alloy plate was processed by constrained groove pressing (CGP) under three deformation cycles at temperatures from 503 to 448 K. The process resulted in a homogeneous fine grain microstructure with an average grain size of 1.8 μm. The as-processed microstructure contained a high fraction of low-angle grain boundaries (LAGB) of subgrains and dislocation boundaries that remained in the structure due to incomplete dynamic recovery and recrystallization. The material's yield strength was found to have increased from 175 to 242 MPa and with a significant weakening of its initial basal texture. The microstructure stability of the CGP-processed material was further investigated by isothermal annealing at temperature from 473 to 623 K and for different time. Abnormal grain growth was observed at 623 K, and this was associated with an increased in nonbasal grains at the expense of basal grains. The effect of annealing temperature and time on the grain growth kinetics was interpreted by using the grain growth equation,  Dn+D0n=kt, and Arrhenius equation, k=k0 exp (−(Q/RT)). The activation energy (Q) was estimated to be 27.8 kJ/mol which was significantly lower than the activation energy for lattice self-diffusion (QL = 135 kJ/mol) and grain boundary diffusion (Qgb = 92 kJ/mol) in pure magnesium. The result shows that grain growth is rapid but average grain size still remained smaller than the as-received material, especially at the shorter annealing time.

Effect of Solution Temperature on Grain Size in a Mg-4Y-3Nd-3Dy-0.5Zr Alloy

2014 ◽  
Vol 852 ◽  
pp. 223-227
Author(s):  
Jun Ying Yi ◽  
Zhi Liang Ning ◽  
Dian Wei Yang ◽  
Hong Xue Zhang ◽  
Hai Chao Sun ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Grain Size ◽  
Grain Growth ◽  
Solution Treatment ◽  
Eutectic Phase ◽  
Solution Time ◽  
Growth Exponent ◽  
Solution Temperature ◽  
Fine Dispersion ◽  
Average Grain Size

The effects of solution treatment on the grain size and microstructures of an Mg-4Y-3Nd-3Nd-0.5Zr alloy were investigated. Grain size increased slowly when treated at 500 oC and 525 oC, showing that the hindering effect of eutectic phase on grain growth can be ignored. The fitting relationship equations for average grain size vs. solution timehare=49.92t0.15and=45.44t0.15, respectively. When the solution temperature was increased to 550 oC, the fine dispersion phases was dissolved gradually, leading to a rapidly increase in grain size. The fitting relationship equations for vs.his=39.69t049.The grain growth exponent n at 550 oC is far higher than those at 500 oC and 525 oC.

Grain Growth in Nanocrystalline Nickel

1999 ◽  
Vol 580 ◽  
Author(s):  
G.D. Hibbard ◽  
U. Erb ◽  
K.T. Aust ◽  
G. Palumbo
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Stability ◽  
Grain Size ◽  
Grain Growth ◽  
Size Distributions ◽  
Nanocrystalline Nickel ◽  
Scanning Calorimetry ◽  
Solute Content ◽  
Grain Size Distributions ◽  
Thermal Stability Of ◽  
Total Solute Content

AbstractIn this study, the effect of grain size distribution on the thermal stability of electrodeposited nanocrystalline nickel was investigated by pre-annealing material such that a limited amount of abnormal grain growth was introduced. This work was done in an effort to understand the previously reported, unexpected effect, of increasing thermal stability with decreasing grain size seen in some nanocrystalline systems. Pre-annealing produced a range of grain size distributions in materials with relatively unchanged crystallographic texture and total solute content. Subsequent thermal analysis of the pre-annealed samples by differential scanning calorimetry showed that the activation energy of further grain growth was unchanged from the as-deposited nanocrystalline nickel.

scholarly journals Influence of grain growth on the thermal structure of protoplanetary discs

2020 ◽  
Vol 640 ◽  
pp. A63 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sofia Savvidou ◽  
Bertram Bitsch ◽  
Michiel Lambrechts
Keyword(s):  
Particle Size ◽  
Grain Size ◽  
Grain Growth ◽  
Thermal Structure ◽  
Size Composition ◽  
Size Distributions ◽  
Migration Rates ◽  
Grain Size Distributions ◽  
Hydrodynamical Simulations ◽  
Protoplanetary Discs

The thermal structure of a protoplanetary disc is regulated by the opacity that dust grains provide. However, previous works have often considered simplified prescriptions for the dust opacity in hydrodynamical disc simulations, for example, by considering only a single particle size. In the present work, we perform 2D hydrodynamical simulations of protoplanetary discs where the opacity is self-consistently calculated for the dust population, taking into account the particle size, composition, and abundance. We first compared simulations utilizing single grain sizes to two different multi-grain size distributions at different levels of turbulence strengths, parameterized through the α-viscosity, and different gas surface densities. Assuming a single dust size leads to inaccurate calculations of the thermal structure of discs, because the grain size dominating the opacity increases with orbital radius. Overall the two grain size distributions, one limited by fragmentation only and the other determined from a more complete fragmentation-coagulation equilibrium, give comparable results for the thermal structure. We find that both grain size distributions give less steep opacity gradients that result in less steep aspect ratio gradients, in comparison to discs with only micrometer-sized dust. Moreover, in the discs with a grain size distribution, the innermost (<5 AU) outward migration region is removed and planets embedded in such discs experience lower migration rates. We also investigated the dependency of the water iceline position on the alpha-viscosity (α), the initial gas surface density (Σg,0) at 1 AU and the dust-to-gas ratio (fDG) and find rice ∝ α0.61Σg,00.8fDG0.37 independently of the distribution used in the disc. The inclusion of the feedback loop between grain growth, opacities, and disc thermodynamics allows for more self-consistent simulations of accretion discs and planet formation.

Effect of WO3 Doping on Microstructural and Electrical Properties of ZnO-Pr6O11 Based Varistor Materials

2013 ◽  
Vol 591 ◽  
pp. 54-60
Author(s):  
Xiu Li Fu ◽  
Yan Xu Zang ◽  
Zhi Jian Peng
Keyword(s):  
Grain Size ◽  
Electrical Properties ◽  
Grain Growth ◽  
Doping Level ◽  
Nonlinear Coefficient ◽  
Current Voltage ◽  
Average Grain Size ◽  
Current Voltage Characteristics ◽  
Voltage Performance

The effect of WO3doping on microstructural and electrical properties of ZnO-Pr6O11based varistor materials was investigated. The doped WO3plays a role of inhibitor in ZnO grain growth, resulting in decreased average grain size from 2.68 to 1.68 μm with increasing doping level of WO3from 0 to 0.5 mol%. When the doping level of WO3was lower than 0.05 mol%, the nonlinear current-voltage characteristics of the obtained varistors could be improved significantly with increasing amount of WO3doped. But when the doping level of WO3became higher, their nonlinear current-voltage performance would be dramatically deteriorated when more WO3was doped. The optimum nonlinear coefficient, varistor voltage, and leakage current of the samples were about 13.71, 710 V/mm and 13 μA/cm2, respectively, when the doping level of WO3was in the range from 0.03 to 0.05 mol%.

Temporal Evolution of Grain Size Distributions in Two-Dimensional Pinned Cells

2004 ◽  
Vol 467-470 ◽  
pp. 1003-1008
Author(s):  
C.H. Wörner ◽  
A. Olguín
Keyword(s):  
Grain Size ◽  
Grain Growth ◽  
Experimental Approach ◽  
Temporal Evolution ◽  
Size Distributions ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Pinning Centers ◽  
Grain Size Distributions ◽  
Polycrystalline Aggregates

The distribution of sizes for grain growth in presence of pinning centers (Zener pinned growth) is communicated at different times. The experimental approach uses the well-known similitude between growth in polycrystalline aggregates and cellular soap froths. Two-dimensional results are communicated with grain growth limited by a set of randomly distributed rounded pins.

Grain Growth in (Ga, Mn)-Codoped ZnO Ceramics

2011 ◽  
Vol 492 ◽  
pp. 250-255
Author(s):  
Bing Shen ◽  
Hua Wang ◽  
Shuai Li ◽  
Jiang Hong Gong
Keyword(s):  
High Temperature ◽  
Grain Growth ◽  
Sintering Temperature ◽  
Sintered Sample ◽  
Grain Structure ◽  
Growth Exponent ◽  
Growth Equation ◽  
Temperature Ranges ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Zno Ceramics

Grain growth in Ga2O3and MnO co-doped ZnO was investigated for sintering from 950° to 1250°C in air. Microstructural observation revealed that the samples sintered at lower temperatures consist of uniform equiaxed grains while the samples sintered at higher temperatures consist of plat-like grains, implying that the grain growth mechanism for the examined ZnO ceramics changes when the sintering temperature increases above about 1150°C. The traditional kinetic grain growth equation was employed to analyze the variation of grain size with sintering temperature and sintering holding time. It was shown that the grain growth exponent,n, increases from 2.17 for samples with uniform equiaxed grain structure to 4.30 for samples with plate like grain structure, while the apparent activation energy,Q, increases from 237 kJ/mol for low-temperature-sintered sample to 405 kJ/mol for high-temperature-sintered samples. The increases in bothnandQwere mainly attributed to the difference between the grain morphologies in low- and high-temperature ranges. The underestimation of the sizes of the plate-like grains was also considered to be another important origin for the higher values ofnandQfor the high-temperature-sintered samples.

Nanostructure Evolution of ZnO in Ultra-fast Microwave Sintering

2011 ◽  
Vol 691 ◽  
pp. 65-71 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rodolfo F. K. Gunnewiek ◽  
Ruth Herta Goldsmith Aliaga Kiminami
Keyword(s):  
Grain Size ◽  
Zinc Oxide ◽  
Grain Growth ◽  
Microwave Sintering ◽  
High Heating Rate ◽  
Heating Rates ◽  
Grain Sizes ◽  
Average Grain Size ◽  
Conventional Sintering ◽  
Holding Temperature

Grain growth is inevitable in the sintering of pure nanopowder zinc oxide. Sintering depend on diffusion kinetics, thus this growth could be controlled by ultra-fast sintering techniques, as microwave sintering. The purpose of this work was to investigate the nanostructural evolution of zinc oxide nanopowder compacts (average grain size of 80 nm) subjected to ultra-rapid microwave sintering at a constant holding temperature of 900°C, applying different heating rates and temperature holding times. Fine dense microstructures were obtained, with controlled grain growth (grain size from 200 to 450nm at high heating rate) when compared to those obtained by conventional sintering (grain size around 1.13µm), which leads to excessively large average final grain sizes.

The Study on TiAl Based Alloy Blade Casting Structure by Bottom Pouring Vacuum Suction Casting

2013 ◽  
Vol 442 ◽  
pp. 44-47
Author(s):  
Xi Cong Ye ◽  
Wei Guang Zhao
Keyword(s):  
Grain Size ◽  
Fine Structure ◽  
Grain Growth ◽  
Vacuum Suction ◽  
Suction Casting ◽  
Average Grain Size ◽  
B2 Phase ◽  
Blade Casting ◽  
Forced Cooling ◽  
Undercooling Degree

In this paper, the bottom pouring vacuum suction casting is used, and the TiAl-based alloy blade with good face quality was obtained. Bottom pouring vacuum suction casting obtained Ti-47Al-5Nb-0.5Si alloy fine structure, the average grain size is 20um or less. Metal permanent forced cooling effect increases the undercooling degree, and the formation of Ti5Si3 can hinder the grain growth and the formation of nucleation particles, and Nb elements are conducive to the formation of B2 phase, and these three reasons refined the grain size.

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