About this Abstract |
| Meeting |
MS&T25: Materials Science & Technology
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| Symposium
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Manufacturing and Processing of Advanced Ceramic Materials
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| Presentation Title |
Densification Behavior of Dispersed and Coagulated Microstructures Via Two-Step Sintering |
| Author(s) |
Emelia Enke, William Carty |
| On-Site Speaker (Planned) |
Emelia Enke |
| Abstract Scope |
Alumina is an exemplary model system to investigate how the rheology of colloidal suspensions can be exploited to achieve uniform dense ceramics. Alumina powders were obtained by milling then slip cast as both dispersed and coagulated suspensions. Two-step sintering was used to obtain fine-grained, dense microstructures and the densification compared to the initial particle size and the concentration of agglomerates. The results showed, perhaps surprisingly, that coagulated suspensions exhibited better densification compared to dispersed suspensions. |