Alumina Ceramics via Gelcasting Forming with Low-Toxicity System

Abstract:

The gelcasting technique was used to fabricate 95 alumina ceramics green bodies. The gel system based on MAM-MBAM was low-toxicity in this study. The green bodies and the sinter obtained with solid content of 55vol% had high strength, density and quality. The influences of the monomers mole ratio (MAM/MBAM) and the monomers content (MAM and MBAM) on the compressive strength of green bodies, the solid content on the density, compressive strength and the shrinkage rate of green bodies were also discussed. The experimental results showed that the best mole ratio of MAM/MBAM was 12/1. Compressive strength increased with the increase of monomers content (MAM and MBAM). The microstructure of the green bodies indicated that the ceramic powders were connected by polymeric networks, and the ceramic powders in the green body distributed homogeneously and compactly.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 452-453)
• Pages: 35-40
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.452-453.35
• Online since: January 2012
• Authors: Yue Min Wang, Jun Liu, Chao Wang, Ling Juan Fei, Ya Wei Han, Jian Jun Wang
• Keywords: Alumina Ceramics, Gelcasting, Green Body, Low-Toxicity, Shrinkage Rate

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