Papers by Author: Koji Kajiyoshi

Abstract: Hydrothermal method was used to synthesize the Na(TaxNb1-x)O3 (x = 0.1-0.5) powders with the addition of isopropanol. The phases of the obtained powders were confirmed by XRD. The morphology and particle size were observed by FE-SEM. The specific surface areas were measured by multipoint BET technique. The presence of water and organic group were determined by (FT-IR) spectroscopy. The results indicate that the pure Na(TaxNb1-x)O3 (x = 0.1-0.5) powders with perovskite structure and fine particles were successfully synthesized by hydrothermal method at 240 °C for 8 hours with the addition of isopropanol.

Abstract: Conversion of used glass bottles to porous materials was investigated for recycling of used glasses. The ordinary method to prepare porous materials from glass needs vesicants such as calcium carbonate and silicon carbide that decompose at high temperatures to produce gas, and the gas is trapped in softened glass to form pores. In this study, used glass bottles were converted to porous plates by using hydrothermal technique. First, a glass powder is hydrothermally treated at low temperatures, so that water diffuses into the glass structure. Water is released as vapor to form pores in the softened glass, when the hydrothermally treated glass powder is heated at high temperatures. Thus, this process gives porous materials with a fine structure including closed pores at lower temperature than the ordinary method. The effects of hydrothermal treatment and calcination conditions on bulk density of the resulted porous materials were investigated with a small scale to determine the conditions to get light porous materials. Finally, porous plates (45x45x3 cm3 in size) with density of 0.45g/cm3 were produced by hydrothermal treatment of the glass powder at 180°C in a large autoclave with inside volume of 2.5 m3, followed by calcination at 800°C in a continuous heater with 18 m in length.

Abstract: The hydrothermal hot-pressing (HHP) technique was used to prepare hydroxyapatite (HAp) ceramics from a HAp powder with low crystallinity, and the effects of processing factors such as temperature, loading pressure and reaction time on densification were investigated. The crystallinity of HAp was increased by the HHP treatments. With the increase in reaction temperature, loading pressure and reaction time, the density and Vickers hardness of the compacts increased. The HAp compact with high relative density of 83% and high Vickers hardness of 2.9 GPa was successfully prepared by the HHP treatment at 200°C for 3 h under loading pressure of 60 MPa.