Synthesis of nano-sized and highly sinterable Nd:YAG powders by the urea homogeneous precipitation method

Powder Technology

Volumn 217, Issue , 2012, Pages 140-147

  Lv, Yaohui ^a   Zhang, Wei ^a   Liu, Hong ^b   Sang, Yuanhua ^b   Qin, Haiming ^b   Tan, Jie ^a   Tong, Liuniu ^a  

^a ANHUI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Homogeneous precipitation; Nd:YAG nanopowders; Sulfate ions; Transparent ceramic

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM SULFATE; CONCENTRATION RATIO; HOMOGENEOUS PRECIPITATION; HOMOGENEOUS PRECIPITATION METHOD; NANO POWDERS; NANO-SIZED; ND:YAG CERAMIC; SINTERING PROPERTIES; SULFATE ION; SYNTHESIS PROCESS; TRANSPARENT CERAMIC; YTTRIUM ALUMINUM GARNET;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; CALCINATION; CERAMIC MATERIALS; METABOLISM; METAL IONS; MORPHOLOGY; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NEODYMIUM; POWDER METALS; PROCESS CONTROL; SINTERING; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; UREA; YTTRIUM;

PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL);

AMMONIUM SULFATE; METAL; NEODYMIUM; SULFATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UREA; YTTRIUM ALUMINUM GARNET;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DISPERSION; GRAIN; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MORPHOLOGY; NEODYMIUM LASER; PARTICLE SIZE; POWDER; PRECIPITATION; SYNTHESIS; X RAY DIFFRACTION; ZETA POTENTIAL;

EID: 84855252830     PISSN: 00325910     EISSN: 1873328X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.powtec.2011.10.020     Document Type: Article

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