High-strength porous mullite ceramics fabricated from particle-stabilized foams via oppositely charged dispersants and surfactants

Ceramics International

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2019, Pages 6385-6391

  Ren, Jiantao ^a,b   Ying, Wei ^c   Zhao, Jin ^b   Xie, Jianjun ^a   Zhou, Guohong ^b   Shi, Ying ^a   Wang, Shiwei ^b  

^a SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF CERAMICS   (China)

^c Beijing Institute of Space Long March Vehicle   (China)

Author keywords

Cell size; Compressive strength; Gelcasting; Particle stabilized foam; Porous mullite ceramics

Indexed keywords

CATIONIC SURFACTANTS; CELLS; CERAMIC MATERIALS; CYTOLOGY; DYES; FABRICATION; GELATION; MULLITE; POROSITY; SILICATE MINERALS; THERMAL INSULATION;

CELL SIZE; CLOSED CELLS; GEL-CASTING; HIGH STRENGTH; HYDROCARBON CHAINS; MULLITE CERAMIC; PARTICLE-STABILIZED FOAMS; SURFACTANT CONCENTRATIONS;

COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH;

EID: 85058790739     PISSN: 02728842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ceramint.2018.12.125     Document Type: Article

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