Effect of size of the starting powders on the thermal shock resistance of alumina ceramics

  • L. Wang
  • , J. L. Shi*
  • , H. R. Chen
  • , Z. L. Hua
  • , T. S. Yen
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

A study was conducted to investigate the effect of size of the starting powders on the thermal shock resistance of alumina ceramics by comparing two kinds of alumina ceramics consisting of different size of starting alumina powders. Fine sized α-Al2O3 and coarse-sized α-Al2O3 were blended well with MqO and then packed in a graphite coated with BN. Hot-pressing experiments were carried out at 1550-1650°C for 1 h under 12 MPa of applied pressure in a flowing nitrogen gas atmosphere. Results show that the alumina ceramics from the fine-sized powder has a higher strength than that of the coarse-sized powder and are attributed to the fact that the former has a smaller grain size after sintering.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)341-342
Number of pages2
JournalJournal of Materials Science Letters
Volume20
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - 15 Feb 2001
Externally publishedYes

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