Fabrication of Machinable Ceramics by Spark Plasma Sintering

Accession number;05A0297536
Title;Fabrication of Machinable Ceramics by Spark Plasma Sintering
Author; YAJIMA YOICHI (Ind. Res. Inst. of Nagano) YAMAGUCHI TOMOHIRO (Shinshu Univ., Fac. Engineering, JPN) ITO TETSUJI (Shinshu Univ., Fac. Engineering, JPN) TARUTA SEIICHI (Shinshu Univ., Fac. Engineering, JPN) KITAJIMA KUNIO (Shinshu Univ., Fac. Engineering, JPN)
Journal Title;Naganoken Kogyo Shikenjo Kenkyu Hokoku
Journal Code:Y0010A
ISSN:0913-672X
VOL.;NO.24;PAGE.8-14(2004)
Figure&Table&Reference;FIG.7, TBL.2, REF.22
Pub. Country;Japan
Language;Japanese
Abstract;Mica ceramics with micropores were fabricated from alumina-pillared fluorine micas by spark plasma sintering (SPS) at a temperature range of 600-800.DEG.C. under a uniaxial pressure range of 10-30 MPa. The effects of SPS conditions and the nature of alumina-pillared mica powders on the formation and properties of the mica ceramics were studied. The mica ceramics obtained at lower temperatures and lower uniaxial pressures retained the pillared structure of alumina-pillared micas and gave a maximum BET specific surface area of -300 m2g-1, while those obtained at higher temperatures and higher uniaxial pressures lost the pillared structure and microporous characteristics. The mica ceramics thus obtained were machinable due to the interlocking microstructure of the flaky pillared mica crystals. Fully densified mica ceramics could be also produced by SPS at -1035.DEG.C. under a uniaxial pressure range of 10-30 MPa. (author abst.)