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Grain Orientation of Aluminum Titanate Ceramics during Formation Reaction

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 March 2011

Yutaka Ohya ,
Zenbe-e Nakagawa ,
Kenya Hamano ,
Hiroshi Kawamoto  and
Satoshi Kitaoka
Yutaka Ohya
Affiliation:
Akita Univ, Akita 010-8502, JAPAN
Zenbe-e Nakagawa
Affiliation:
Akita Univ, Akita 010-8502, JAPAN
Kenya Hamano
Affiliation:
Gifu Univ., Dept. of Chemistry, Gifu 501-1193, JAPAN
Hiroshi Kawamoto
Affiliation:
Professor Emeritus, Tokyo Inst. Tech., JAPAN
Satoshi Kitaoka
Affiliation:
JFCC, Nagoya 456-8587, JAPAN
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Abstract

A microstructural change during the formation reaction of aluminum titanate from a mixture of rutile and corundum powders has been studied. The characterization was carried out using a polarization microscope, a scanning electron microscope and a micro-focus X-ray diffractometer. The formation of aluminum titanate was controlled by a nucleation step. The formation reaction proceeded to form spherically oriented regions of aluminum titanate grains among the matrix of rutile and corundum. At the end of the reaction, the specimen was entirely filled with the oriented region of consisting several hundred micrometers. The oriented region was composed of primary aluminum titanate grains of several micrometers and pores. Large cracks due to a thermal expansion anisotropy were formed at the boundaries of the orientated regions. The formation of the oriented region was caused by a small change in free energy, increasing elastic energy, and the endothermic nature of the reaction.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 658: Symposium GG – Solid-State Chemistry of Inorganic Materials III , 2000 , GG3.17
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2001

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