Fabrication of magnesium aluminate (MgAl2O4) spinel foams
Fabrication of magnesium aluminate (MgAl2O4) spinel foams
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DOI:
10.1016/j.ceramint.2011.03.068
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发表时间:
2011-09
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5.2
通讯作者:
I. Ganesh
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作者:
I. Ganesh
This paper reports on a novel-processing route for fabricating magnesium aluminate (MgAl2O4) spinel (MAS) foams from aqueous suspensions containing 30–35vol.% solids loading. A stoichiometric MAS powder formed from alumina (71.8%) and magnesia (28.2%) at 1400°C was surface passivated against hydrolysis in an ethanol solution of H3PO4and Al(H2PO4)3at 80°C for 24h. Stable aqueous suspensions with 30–35vol.% solids loading were prepared using the surface passivated MAS powder with the help of tetra-methylammonium hydroxide (TMAH) and an ammonium salt of polyacrylic acid (Duramax D-3005) employed as dispersing agents. An aqueous solution of N-cetyl-N,N,N-trimethylammonium bromide (CTMAB) was utilized to create foam in aqueous MAS suspensions by mechanical frothing. Liquid foam was then consolidated in non-porous moulds by introducing a polymerization initiator and a catalyst under ambient conditions. Dried (at >90°C for 24h) MAS foams were then sintered for 1h at 1650°C. For comparison purposes, dense MAS bodies out of an un-passivated stoichiometric MAS powder, and, dense as well as foams out of alumina were also prepared in this study. The sintered properties of MAS and alumina ceramics were characterized by various means and thus obtained results are presented and discussed in this paper. The sintered MAS foams exhibited a porosity of about 74–76% and a compressive strength of about 4–7.2MPa inline to values reported for other ceramic foams in the literature.