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Microwave Preparation of Mullite Powders

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 February 2011

Sridhar Komarneni ,
Else Breval  and
Rustum Roy
Sridhar Komarneni
Affiliation:
Materials Research Laboratory, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802
Else Breval
Affiliation:
Also with the Department of Agronomy
Rustum Roy
Affiliation:
Materials Research Laboratory, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802
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Abstract

Mullite, Al6Si2O13 composition gels were made by the single phase and diphasic routes. The wet mullite gels were heated in the insulated cavity of an ordinary kitchen microwave oven (2.45 GHz; 700 watts). Crystalline mullite powders were obtained from single phase gels while the diphasic gels yielded α-Al2O3 and mullite in a matter of 20–25 minutes of microwave heating. Trans- mission electron microscopy showed that the mullite particle size varied between 50 nm to 1 μm. The results of this study suggest that fine powders of mullite can be obtained from single phase mullite gels by optimizing the microwave processing parameters.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 124: Symposium M – Microwave Processing of Materials I , 1988 , 235
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1988

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