Papers by Author: Cheng Gong Sun

Abstract: Fused Quartz crucible with large scale was formed by gelcasting processing in this paper. Effects of dispersant, pH values and particle grading on solids content of slurries were discussed to increase the volume density of the green compacts and decrease the shrinkage and deformation during sintering. Effects of acrylamide content and the ratio of acrylamide to coupling agent on bending strength of the green compacts were investigated. Effects of the amount of initiator and curing temperature on the gelcasting processing were studied as well. The green compacts with solids content of 80% was obtained when the addition ratio of dispersant to Quartz powders was 0.3wt %, the ratio of Quartz powders in D50 of 1.9μm and 7.6μm was adjusted to 3:7, the addition ratio of acrylamide to Quartz powders was 1.0wt % and the ratio of acrylamide to coupling agent was 16:1. The bending strength of the sinterred produts was found to be 76.0MPa with volume density of 1.94 g/cm2. Fused Quartz crucible prepared under conditions mentioned above was 800mm in length, 800mm in width and 400mm in height.

Abstract: Lithium dizirconium phosphate (LiZr2(PO4)3) possesses good ionic conductivity owing to its unique framework structure and can be used as favorable anode material in Li-ion battery. LiZr2(PO4)3 is commonly prepared by solid phase reaction in which higher temperature is needed and pure LiZr2(PO4)3 without other phases is difficult to obtain in the final products. In this paper, low cost hydrothermal synthesis of pure (LiZr2(PO4)3) was studied. Effects of the hydrothermal conditions (molar ratios of Li+ to ZrOCl2, addition of HF, pH values of reaction system and hydrothermal temperatures) on the phase composition of the products were investigated. The results showed that pure LiZr2(PO4)3 was successfully prepared at lower temperature of 80°C for 24h with the addition of HF when the pH value was adjusted to 5.0 and the molar ratio of Li+ to ZrOCl2 was 0.5 with the concentration of ZrOCl2 as 0.6mol/L. The phases and purity of the final products were characterized by XRD analysis.

Abstract: With AlN, Al2O3 and Al powders as starting materials, ALON powders were prepared by high temperature solid state reaction at 1650°C, 1750°C and 1850°C respectively. Nitrogen gas at 1atm was selected as reaction atmosphere. X-ray diffraction analysis and scanning electron microscope analysis were carried out for the as-prepared ALON powders. In this paper, single-component γ-ALON porous materials were obtained at temperatures below 1800 degree with void ratio more than 75%, which is prone to be grinded to powders less than 1μm and applicable for the preparation of transparent ceramics. Aluminum oxynitride spinel γ-ALON transparent ceramics were successfully obtained with the as-prepared ALON powders. The volume density of the transparent ceramics was 3.67g/cm2, which is 99.3 percent of the theoretical density of γ-ALON materials. The bending strength of the transparent ceramics was 296MPa and the transmittance was about 75% in the wavelength range of 1.2 to 5.3μm.

Abstract: Bismuth ferrite, BiFeO3, was an important multiferroic material, which simultaneously exhibited ferroelectric ordering and antiferromagnetic ordering in the bulk form. The solid solutions of Bi0.9Y0.1FeO3 with PbTiO3 were prepared by the conventional solid state reaction. It was clear that in Bi0.9Y0.1FeO3-PbTiO3 solid solution, the structure remined rhobohedral for 85 mole% of Bi0.9Y0.1FeO3, from 80 to 70mole% it were rhobohedral and tetragonal, and below 65 mole%, the structure transformed to tetragonal. The dielectric and ferroelectric properties of the ceramics had been significantly improved by means of ionic substitution of Ti4+ for Fe3+, which reduced the electric conductivity. The dielectric constants of the ceramic samples were enhanced from 84 to 241 and the remnant polarizations were improved from 0.494 to 2.17 μC/cm2.

Abstract: ZrB2-SiC and ZrB2-SiC-C ultra-high temperature ceramics (UHTCs) were fabricated by pressureless sintering under an argon atmosphere. The mass and linear ablation rates were tested in an oxyacetylene flame with high velocity. The microstructure and phase transformation of the ZrB2-based UHTCs were characterized by scanning electron microscopy along with energy dispersive spectrometry. Results show that the UHTCs have excellent properties of ablation resistance at ultra-high temperature. The values of mass and linear ablation rates were lower in the ZrB2-SiC UHTCs than those measured for ZrB2-SiC-C. The effect of C addition on the ablation resistant was not obvious but it influenced the microstructure of the ZrB2-SiC UHTCs. And the ablation resistant mechanisms of ZrB2-based UHTCs were discussed according to microstructure analysis.

Abstract: ZrB2-SiC ultra-high temperature ceramics (UHTCs) were pressureless sintered with Y2O3-Al2O3 as the sintering additives. The effects of sintering additive and crystallization annealing on the microstructure and properties of ZrB2-SiC UHTCs were investigated. Sintering was activated by producing liquid phase of Y2O3 and Al2O3. The relative density of sintered ZrB2-20wt%SiC ceramic could reach 96% when the content of sintering additive was 6% and the sintering temperature was 1750°C and its bending strength, Vickers hardness, and fracture toughness were 412 MPa, 13 GPa, and 6.0 MPa•m1/2, respectively. The crystallization annealing can result in YAG phase from grain boundary and enhance the high temperature properties of the UHTCs. The UHTCs have excellent ablation resistance at ultra-high temperatures, and a very low ablation rate of 0.0006 mm/s after ablation for 900s at 2800°C.