Formation and densification of mullite through solid-oxide reaction technique using commercial-grade raw materials

Bulletin of Materials Science - Tập 41 - Trang 1-8 - 2018
Ritwik Sarkar1, Manish Mallick1
1Department of Ceramic Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, India

Tóm tắt

Two different commercially available sources of alumina and silica were used to study the formation and densification behaviour of mullite prepared by solid-oxide reaction technique in a single firing. Phase analysis and densification studies were carried out on the samples sintered between 1200 and $$1600^{{\circ }}\hbox {C}$$ . Effect of addition of 1–6 wt% MgO on the sintered mullite ceramics was also studied. MgO was found to improve the density values for all the compositions till 4 wt% and with higher addition it deteriorated, mainly due to higher extent of liquid phase formation. Mullite formation was found to start below $$1200^{{\circ }}\hbox {C}$$ and constituent oxides were found even at $$1600^{{\circ }}\hbox {C}$$ ; however, addition of 4 wt% MgO was found to complete the mullite formation at $$1600^{{\circ }}\hbox {C}$$ for all the compositions. Microstructural studies showed grain growth in the compositions containing MgO and higher impurities due to formation of greater extent of liquid phase.

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