Influence of green state processes on the sintering behaviour and the subsequent optical properties of spark plasma sintered alumina

Journal of the European Ceramic Society

Volumn 29, Issue 16, 2009, Pages 3363-3370

  Aman, Yann ^a,b   Garnier, Vincent ^a   Djurado, Elisabeth ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Al2O3; Optical properties; Porosity; Shaping; Spark plasma sintering

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM OXIDE; CORUNDUM; GRAIN GROWTH; MICROSTRUCTURE; PORE SIZE; POROSITY; SINTERED ALUMINA; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SPARK PLASMA SINTERING;

DIRECT COAGULATION CASTING; GREEN COMPACTS; NARROW PORE SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; QUANTITATIVE CORRELATION; SHAPING; SHAPING PROCESS; UNI-AXIAL PRESSING; UNIAXIAL COMPACTION;

OPTICAL PROPERTIES;

EID: 70049093833     PISSN: 09552219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2009.07.014     Document Type: Article

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