Paper Title:

Microstructural Tailoring of YAG and YAG-Containing Nanoceramics through Advanced Synthesis Routes

Periodical Advances in Science and Technology (Volume 62)
Main Theme 12th INTERNATIONAL CERAMICS CONGRESS PART A
Edited by Pietro VINCENZINI and Jean-François BAUMARD
Pages 34-43
DOI 10.4028/www.scientific.net/AST.62.34
Citation Paola Palmero, 2010, Advances in Science and Technology, 62, 34
Online since October, 2010
Authors Paola Palmero
Keywords Microstructure, Wet Chemical Synthesis, YAG, YAG-Containing Composite
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Abstract

Wet-chemical syntheses have been applied to the production of ceramic powders, with the aim of tailoring compositional and micro/nanostructural features, as an imperative requirement toward the elaboration of ceramic components with improved functional or even structural properties. Three syntheses are here presented and discussed, respectively concerning a purephased, nanostructured YAG powder, a biphasic Al2O3-YAG composite and three-phased Al2O3- YAG-ZrO2 material. In particular, this paper is aimed to illustrate the path followed from the set-up of the easier synthesis of the mono-phased system to the definition of the advanced procedures for the production of more and more complex compositions.