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Ceramic Processing using Inorganic Polymers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 February 2011

John J. Lannumti
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, and Advanced Materials Technology Program, Washington Technology Center University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195
Christopher H. Schilling
Affiliation:
Pacific Northwest Laboratory, Richland, WA 99352
Ilhan A. Aksay
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, and Advanced Materials Technology Program, Washington Technology Center University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195
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Abstract

Inorganic polymers are used in the formation of green compacts via sedimentation of colloidal alumina suspended in chloroform. Polymers containing highly polar components tend to produce constant density profiles of greater than 55% density, while those containing nonpolar, reactive components produce profiles with a large gradient in packing density. Density profiles describing the sedimentation behavior versus time and the final dried density of the compacts are generated via the use of gamma-ray densitometry. These polymers have the potential not only to increase green compact density but also to reduce weight losses due to “burnout” and subsequent sintering requirements by pyrolyzing to a ceramic phase.

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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1989

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