Low-Temperature-Tunnel of High-Alumina Ceramics with Good Wear Resistance

Abstract:

As for the liquid-phase sintered (LPS) Al₂O₃ based on the CaO-MgO-Al₂O₃-SiO₂ (CMAS) system, we found a strange phenomenon. It is commonly acknowledged that, the sintering temperature should be high corresponding with the increase of the content of Al₂O₃ in a special system. However, when the content of Al₂O₃ is limited within 95-98wt%, the conclusion is opposite. It means that there is a low-temperature sintering-tunnel. What’s more, as wear resistant materials, the wear rate of alumina ceramics reduces with the increasing of the content of Al₂O₃ among 95-98wt%. In this paper, taking industrial alumina as raw material, we obtain low-wear-rate high-alumina ceramics by conventional sintering in CMAS system. We explain and analyze the condition from the perspective of crystalline phase and microstructure by XRD and FESEM. The results show that the 98 porcelain is of better wear resistance and indicate excellent prospect in the fabrication of lower wear rate of high-alumina ceramics.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 941-944)
• Pages: 538-541
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.941-944.538
• Online since: June 2014
• Authors: Jun Chang Liu, Bo Lin Wu*
• Keywords: High-Alumina Ceramics, Low Wear Rate, Low-Temperature-Tunnel

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