A forming technique to produce spherical ceramic beads using sodium alginate as a precursor binder phase

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 96, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 3379-3388

  Santos, Christian J Espinoza ^a   Wei, Teng Sing ^a   Cho, Bumrae ^b   Kriven, Waltraud M ^a  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^b Keimyung University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA SUSPENSIONS; BINDER PHASE; CERAMIC BEADS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; FORMING TECHNIQUES; GRANULAR MEDIA; SACRIFICIAL TEMPLATES; STRESS WAVE PROPAGATION;

ALUMINA; HYDROGELS; ION EXCHANGE; SODIUM ALGINATE; SPHERES; WATER FILTRATION; WAVE PROPAGATION;

CERAMIC MATERIALS;

EID: 84887828457     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: 15512916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jace.12584     Document Type: Article

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