Transparent alumina: A light-scattering model

被引:807
作者
Apetz, R [1 ]
van Bruggen, MPB [1 ]
机构
[1] Philips Res, Dept Inorgan Mat & Proc, Eindhoven, Netherlands
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D O I
10.1111/j.1151-2916.2003.tb03325.x
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TQ174 [陶瓷工业]; TB3 [工程材料学];
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0805 ; 080502 ;
摘要
A model based on Rayleigh-Gans-Debye light-scattering theory has been developed to describe the light transmission properties of fine-grained, fully dense, polycrystalline ceramics consisting of birefringent crystals. This model extends light transmission models based on geometrical optics, which are valid only for coarse-grained microstructures, to smaller crystal sizes. We verify our model by measuring the light transmission properties of fully dense (>99.99%), polycrystalline alpha-Al2O3 (PCA) with mean crystal sizes ranging from 60 to 0.3 mum. The remarkable transparency exhibited by PCA samples with small crystal sizes (<2 mum) is well explained by this model.
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