Comparison of different alumina powders for the aqueous processing and pressureless sintering of Al2O3-SiC nanocomposites

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作者
Baron, B [1 ]
Kumar, CS [1 ]
Le Gonidec, G [1 ]
Hampshire, S [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Limerick, Mat & Surface Sci Inst, Limerick, Ireland
关键词
Al2O3-SiC; green properties; microstructure-prefiring; mercury porosimetry; nanocomposites; sintering;
D O I
10.1016/S0955-2219(01)00467-8
中图分类号
TQ174 [陶瓷工业]; TB3 [工程材料学];
学科分类号
0805 ; 080502 ;
摘要
Four different alumina powders, from European and Japanese sources having similar particle size (350-700 nm) were used for the fabrication of nanocomposites. They were compared in terms of green properties, sintering behaviour, microstructure and mechanical properties. The processing route used (attrition milling and freeze-drying) leads to a reduction in green density of the processed aluminas and composites compared to the as-received alumina. All powders had similar green properties except one, which contained a binder from the manufacturer. The presence of this binder led to the formation of hard agglomerates. In this case the pressing did not eliminate, totally, the inter-agglomerate pores, leading to an incomplete sintering. Calcining the powder to remove the binder resulted in similar pressing and sintering behaviour to the other powders and densities > 99% were achieved at 1750 degreesC by pressureless sintering. All the composites exhibited similar microstructures (matrix grain size similar to3 mum) and elastic properties, hardness and fracture toughness. A finer matrix microstructure could be obtained with one of the European powders which achieved similar to99% density at 1700 degreesC. The presence of 5 vol.% SiC resulted in a mean grain size of similar to2 mum for the alumina matrix compared with 13.9 mum for a monolithic alumina prepared under identical conditions. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
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页码:1543 / 1552
页数:10
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