Calcination and associated structural modifications in boehmite and their influence on high temperature densification of alumina

Ceramics International

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 3329-3334

  Nampi, Padmaja Parameswaran ^a,b   Ghosh, Swapankumar ^a   Warrier, Krishna Gopakumar ^a  

^a REGIONAL RESEARCH LABORATORY CSIR   (India)

^b SREE CHITRA TIRUNAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

A. Calcination; B. Porosity; D. Al2O3; Densification; Sol gel process

Indexed keywords

A-DENSITY; A. CALCINATION; B. POROSITY; D. AL2O3; FTIR; HIGH TEMPERATURE; OCTAHEDRAL STRUCTURES; PRECURSOR GELS; SINTERED COMPACTS; SPECIFIC SURFACE AREA MEASUREMENT; STRUCTURAL CHANGE; STRUCTURAL MODIFICATIONS; SYSTEMATIC STUDY; TEMPERATURE RANGE; THEORETICAL DENSITY; XRD;

DENSIFICATION; GELS; SINTERED ALUMINA; SINTERING; SOL-GEL PROCESS;

CALCINATION;

EID: 80053980381     PISSN: 02728842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ceramint.2011.04.129     Document Type: Article

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