Journal of Inorganic Materials

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Crystallization Process of Glass-Ceramic for Substrate of Hard Disks

CHI Yu-Shan; SHEN Ju-Yun; CHEN Xue-Xian   

  1. Shanghai Institute of Ceramics; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Shanghai 200050; China
  • Received:2000-09-18 Revised:2000-10-16 Published:2001-09-20 Online:2001-09-20

Abstract: The crystallization process of MgO-Al2O3-SiO2 glass containing TiO2 and ZrO2 was studied by means of DTA, thermal expansion curve and XRD. Magnesium
aluminium titanate appearing at 780℃ promotes the crystallization ofMg-petalite at 800℃, and then those crystal phases transform to sapphirine,
rutile and Zr/Ti solid solution at 930℃. β-quartz solid solution appears at 1030℃ and transforms at temperature higher than 1125℃ to α-cordierite,
cristobalite and enstatite, while rutile and Zr/Ti solid solution transform to zircon and magnesium titanate. According to the crystallization process, a glass-ceramic with sapphirine
as the main phase can be prepared at the temperature between 930℃ and 1050℃. The glass-ceramic with a fine-grained structure has large elastic modulus (120GPa) and
good surface properties, and is an excellent material for substrate of hard disks.

Key words: TiO2, ZrO2, MgO-Al2O3-SiO2 glass-ceramic, DTA, thermal expansion curve, XRD

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