Magnesia silicate glass-containing alumina was flash sintered using an E-Field in the 500–1500 V/cm range. The addition of glass allows to reduce the current needed for densification and improves the shrinkage obtained during field-assisted sintering process. This behaviour is related to the different sintering mechanisms involved in the two materials, i.e. solid state sintering for pure alumina and liquid phase sintering for glass-containing alumina. The estimated activation energy for conduction during flash sintering is compatible with ionic diffusion in silicate melt. Moreover, evidence of magnesium diffusion toward the cathode is recorded. The estimated sample temperature is in almost all cases lower than 1355 °C, which is the temperature at which the first liquid is formed in the ternary system MgO-SiO2-Al2O3. Finally, it is shown that the application of an E-Field accounts for efficient liquid phase sintering at temperatures at which it cannot be reproduced conventionally. © 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Liquid phase flash sintering in magnesia silicate glass-containing alumina / Biesuz, Mattia; Sglavo, Vincenzo Maria. - In: JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN CERAMIC SOCIETY. - ISSN 0955-2219. - STAMPA. - 2017, 37:2(2017), pp. 705-713. [10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2016.08.036]

Liquid phase flash sintering in magnesia silicate glass-containing alumina

Biesuz, Mattia;Sglavo, Vincenzo Maria
2017-01-01

Abstract

Magnesia silicate glass-containing alumina was flash sintered using an E-Field in the 500–1500 V/cm range. The addition of glass allows to reduce the current needed for densification and improves the shrinkage obtained during field-assisted sintering process. This behaviour is related to the different sintering mechanisms involved in the two materials, i.e. solid state sintering for pure alumina and liquid phase sintering for glass-containing alumina. The estimated activation energy for conduction during flash sintering is compatible with ionic diffusion in silicate melt. Moreover, evidence of magnesium diffusion toward the cathode is recorded. The estimated sample temperature is in almost all cases lower than 1355 °C, which is the temperature at which the first liquid is formed in the ternary system MgO-SiO2-Al2O3. Finally, it is shown that the application of an E-Field accounts for efficient liquid phase sintering at temperatures at which it cannot be reproduced conventionally. © 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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Biesuz, Mattia; Sglavo, Vincenzo Maria
Liquid phase flash sintering in magnesia silicate glass-containing alumina / Biesuz, Mattia; Sglavo, Vincenzo Maria. - In: JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN CERAMIC SOCIETY. - ISSN 0955-2219. - STAMPA. - 2017, 37:2(2017), pp. 705-713. [10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2016.08.036]
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