Transparent mullite ceramic from single-phase gel by Spark Plasma Sintering

Journal of the European Ceramic Society

Volumn 29, Issue 13, 2009, Pages 2705-2711

  Zhang, Guimin ^a   Wang, Yucheng ^a   Fu, Zhengyi ^a   Wang, Hao ^a   Wang, Weiming ^a   Zhang, Jinyong ^a   Lee, Soo Wohn ^b   Niihara, Kochi ^c  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b SunMoon University   (South Korea)

^c NAGAOKA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Microstructure; Mullite; Optical properties; Sol gel processes

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS PHASE; CALCINED TEMPERATURE; ELONGATED GRAINS; FULL DENSIFICATION; INFRARED TRANSMITTANCE; MULLITE CERAMIC; PRECURSOR POWDER; RELATIVE BULK DENSITY; SINTERED BODY; SINTERING TEMPERATURES;

CALCINATION; CERAMIC MATERIALS; ELECTRIC SPARKS; GELATION; GELS; MICROSTRUCTURE; MULLITE; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PLASMAS; POWDERS; SILICATE MINERALS; SILICON COMPOUNDS; SOL-GEL PROCESS; SOL-GELS; SOLS; SPARK PLASMA SINTERING;

GRAIN GROWTH;

EID: 67349144687     PISSN: 09552219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2009.04.012     Document Type: Article

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