Abstract
The pre-soaking procedure was developed to identify the grain refining effects on Al2O3 ceramic during spark plasma sintering (SPS). The results showed the micrometer-size Al2O3 single crystal particles refined by the thermo-electric-mechanical mechanism. The large sized single crystal particles have more obvious grain refining and show more refined spots. A time dependent grain refining process has been identified after the powders were soaked longer at temperatures below the grain growth levels. Our work demonstrates a possible method to make nanostructured ceramic using SPS with pre-soaking process.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 13414-13418 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Ceramics International |
Volume | 44 |
Issue number | 11 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Aug 2018 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- AlO
- Electric field
- Grain refining
- SPS
- Soaking