Journal of Inorganic Materials

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Measurement of Modulus in Ceramic Gelcasting Process by Vane Geometry

DONG Man-Jiang; ZHANG Zhao-Quan; LIU Qian; JIANG Dong-Liang   

  1. State Key Lab of High Performance Ceramics & Superfine Microstructure; Shanghai Institute of Ceramics; Chinese Academy of Science; Shanghai 200050; China
  • Received:2003-11-13 Revised:2004-01-02 Published:2004-11-20 Online:2004-11-20

Abstract: A four-blade geometry test fixture was used to capture the evolution moduli of alumina suspensions in gelcasting process in oscillatory measurement. The vane geometry was treated as a couette while
the test material moving with the blade formed cylinder-like shearing surface. The diameter of the cylinder was defined as effective diameter of vane and calibrated by comparing the complex modulus G*
with data from parallel plate in measuring polyacrylamide solution. Test results show that the effective diameter of the shearing cylinder is smaller than the diameter of the blades . This method provides an
convenient way to measure the sol-gel transition in gelcasting process.

Key words: rheometry, gelcasting, vane

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