Journal of Inorganic Materials

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The Effect of Boehmite on Electrokinetic Behaviours, Rheology and Coagulation for Direct Coagulation Casting of Alumina

XIE Zhipeng; YANG Jinlong; HUANG Yong; WillJ+; GaucklerLJ+   

  1. Department of Materials Science and Engineering Tsinghua University Beijing 100084 China; +Swiss Federal Institute of Technology; Zurich; Switzerland
  • Received:1996-09-19 Revised:1996-11-25 Published:1997-10-20 Online:1997-10-20

Abstract: Direct Coagulation Casting (DCC) is a novel near net shape process for ceramics materials. However, the green body strength by DCC is low compared with gelcasting
and injection molding. Boehmite sol was added for α-Al2O3-DCC in order to increase the green strength of alumina. In this paper, the characteristics of electrokinetics, rheology and coagulation process were invesigated for the system of Al2O3+AlOOH. In
special the effects of AlOOH addition on coagulation behaviours such as amount of enzyme and kinetics of consolidation process were discussed.

Key words: direct coagulation casting, alumina, boehmite