Effects of the nature of the doping salt and of the thermal pre-treatment and sintering temperature on Spark Plasma Sintering of transparent alumina

Ceramics International

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 3565-3573

  Roussel, Nicolas ^a   Lallemant, Lucile ^b,c   Durand, Bernard ^a   Guillemet, Sophie ^a   Ching, Jean Yves Chane ^a   Fantozzi, Gilbert ^b,c   Garnier, Vincent ^b,c   Bonnefont, Guillaume ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

B. Grain size; B. Porosity; C. Optical properties; D. Al2O 3; Doping; Spark Plasma Sintering

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ALUMINA; B. POROSITY; C. OPTICAL PROPERTIES; D. AL2O 3; DOPED POWDERS; DOPING ELEMENTS; DOPING SALTS; GRAIN SIZE; IN-LINE; NANO-SIZED; POLYCRYSTALLINE; SINTERING TEMPERATURES; THERMAL PRE-TREATMENT;

ALUMINUM; CERAMIC MATERIALS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; ELECTRIC SPARKS; SPARK PLASMA SINTERING; TRANSPARENCY; ZIRCONIUM;

SINTERED ALUMINA;

EID: 80053994839     PISSN: 02728842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ceramint.2011.05.152     Document Type: Article

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