Gas-filled microspheres as an expandable sacrificial template for direct casting of complex-shaped macroporous ceramics

Journal of the European Ceramic Society

Volumn 28, Issue 15, 2008, Pages 2815-2821

  Andersson, Linnéa ^a   Bergström, Lennart ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Al2O3; Expandable microspheres; Gel casting; Macroporosity; Near net shape

Indexed keywords

BUILDING MATERIALS; CERAMIC MATERIALS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; COLLOIDS; FORMING; GELATION; GELS; MICROSPHERES; PORE SIZE;

AL2O3; DIRECT CASTING; EXPANDABLE MICROSPHERES; GEL-CASTING; GEL-CASTING PROCESS; MACROPOROSITY; MACROPOROUS; MACROPOROUS CERAMICS; NEAR-NET SHAPE; NET SHAPING; ORGANIC MATERIALS; POLYMER SPHERES; PORE SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; TEMPERATURE RANGES; TEMPERATURE-INDUCED;

CASTING;

EID: 49849087789     PISSN: 09552219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2008.04.020     Document Type: Article

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