Contamination and Sinterability of Planetary-milled Alumina [Translated]†

Contamination of planetary milled alumina powder has been studied and correlated to sinterability. Ground powders contain Si and N contaminations derived from the grinding media and mill pot made of Si3N4. Strong shear stress generated during...

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Main Author: Osami Abe
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hosokawa Powder Technology Foundation 2014-05-01
Series:KONA Powder and Particle Journal
Online Access:https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/kona/13/0/13_1995020/_pdf/-char/en
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description Contamination of planetary milled alumina powder has been studied and correlated to sinterability. Ground powders contain Si and N contaminations derived from the grinding media and mill pot made of Si3N4. Strong shear stress generated during planetary milling induces a mechanochemical reaction of worn-out Si3N4 with H2O contained in methanol used as a liquid medium forming hydrated SiO2 and provides an amorphous layer consisting of Si3N4, hydrated SiO2 and A12O3 on the surface of alumina particles. This suggests a possibility of applying planetary milling to surface modification of ceramic powders despite the problem of contamination. The surface layer containing the contaminations results in the formation of a mullite phase at the grain boundary during sintering. The low diffusion coefficient of mullite degrades sinterability even at a contamination as low as 400 ppm-Si. When the contamination increases to 0.5 mass%-Si, irregular grain growth and the formation of closed pores take place, suggesting the degradation of mechanical properties.† This report was originally printed in J. Soc. Powder Technology, Japan. 30(8), 548-555 (1993) in Japanese, before being translated into English by KONA Editorial Committee with the permission of the editorial committee of the Soc. Powder Technology, Japan.
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spelling doaj.art-707b4f520829406e8a914bdf77b5261a2022-12-21T22:44:14ZengHosokawa Powder Technology FoundationKONA Powder and Particle Journal0288-45342187-55372014-05-0113015916610.14356/kona.1995020konaContamination and Sinterability of Planetary-milled Alumina [Translated]†Osami Abe0Dept. of Mater. Sci., Faculty of Eng., Ibaraki Univ.Contamination of planetary milled alumina powder has been studied and correlated to sinterability. Ground powders contain Si and N contaminations derived from the grinding media and mill pot made of Si3N4. Strong shear stress generated during planetary milling induces a mechanochemical reaction of worn-out Si3N4 with H2O contained in methanol used as a liquid medium forming hydrated SiO2 and provides an amorphous layer consisting of Si3N4, hydrated SiO2 and A12O3 on the surface of alumina particles. This suggests a possibility of applying planetary milling to surface modification of ceramic powders despite the problem of contamination. The surface layer containing the contaminations results in the formation of a mullite phase at the grain boundary during sintering. The low diffusion coefficient of mullite degrades sinterability even at a contamination as low as 400 ppm-Si. When the contamination increases to 0.5 mass%-Si, irregular grain growth and the formation of closed pores take place, suggesting the degradation of mechanical properties.† This report was originally printed in J. Soc. Powder Technology, Japan. 30(8), 548-555 (1993) in Japanese, before being translated into English by KONA Editorial Committee with the permission of the editorial committee of the Soc. Powder Technology, Japan.https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/kona/13/0/13_1995020/_pdf/-char/en
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Contamination and Sinterability of Planetary-milled Alumina [Translated]†
KONA Powder and Particle Journal
title Contamination and Sinterability of Planetary-milled Alumina [Translated]†
title_full Contamination and Sinterability of Planetary-milled Alumina [Translated]†
title_fullStr Contamination and Sinterability of Planetary-milled Alumina [Translated]†
title_full_unstemmed Contamination and Sinterability of Planetary-milled Alumina [Translated]†
title_short Contamination and Sinterability of Planetary-milled Alumina [Translated]†
title_sort contamination and sinterability of planetary milled alumina translated †
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