Papers by Keyword: Porous Powder

Abstract: Pure and stable YAG (Y3Al5O12) powders were synthesized by a PVA (polyvinyl alcohol) polymer solution technique. PVA was used as an organic carrier for the precursor ceramic gel. The PVA affected crystallization behavior, powder morphology, specific surface area and crystalline size of the synthesized powders. The precursor gels were crystallized to YAG at relatively a low temperature of 900 °C. The synthesized powders, which have nano-sized primary particles, were soft and porous, and the porous powders were ground to sub-micron size by a simple ball milling process. The ball-milled powders were densified to 94% relative density at 1500 °C for 1h. In this study, the characteristics of the synthesized YAG powders were examined by using X-ray diffractometer, simultaneous differential scanning calorimetry and electrophoretic light scattering spectrophotometer. And the morphologies of the powders and the densified samples were observed by scanning electron microscopy.

Abstract: We examined the influence of thermal treatment of high-purity SiC powder on 6H-SiC crystal growth. The doping concentration was decreased by increasing either thermal treatment temperature or time. It was also found that the defects such as micropipes and planar cavities were generated under relatively long treatment time (13 hours), because SiC powders were significantly graphitized. A 6H-SiC crystal grown by using SiC source treated at 2100oC for 6 hours revealed the best result with relatively low micropipes. For the effects of thermal treated sources on the improvement of crystallinity, it could be explained that both the amount of alpha phase transformed from high-purity beta-SiC powder and the elimination of porous powders in SiC powder had an influence on the removal of silicon droplets, resulting in higher Si vapor pressure at the initial growth stage.

Abstract: Soft and porous CaO-SiO2 powders (CaSiO3, Ca2SiO4, Ca3SiO5) were fabricated by organic-inorganic solution technique. Calcium nitrate and Ludox SK silica sol were dissolved in D.I. water and then 5 wt% polyvinyl alcohol solution was added as a polymeric carrier. The metal cations were dispersed well in solution and a homogeneous polymeric network was formed. The organic-inorganic precursor gels were turned to porous powder having volume expansion through an explosive oxidation reaction during calcination process. The polyvinyl alcohol content and heating rate were affected on the explosive reaction behavior. It may be speculated that the reaction between oxygen and unstable calcium cations resulted in the vigorous exothermic reaction and simultaneously the reaction made extensive void, which is accompanied with volume expansion in the powder structure, by the thermal decomposition in a moment of organic substance, polyvinyl alcohol. The porous powders were crystallized at relatively lower temperatures, and the crystalline development was dependent on the polymer content.