Translucent Polycrystalline Alumina

Grain Boundaries in Polycrystalline Alumina

Nanopore Characterization and Optical Modeling of Transparent Polycrystalline Alumina

Production of transparent ceramics has become a topic of resurgent interest in recent years, with its promise of near-net shaping appealing to applications ranging from biomedicine to solar energy. However, the mechanisms governing ceramic transparency, translucency, and opaqueness are not entirely understood. Models of both grain boundary and pore scattering have been proposed, but too often w...

The wetting behavior of NiAl and NiPtAl on polycrystalline alumina

In order to understand the beneficial effect of Pt on the adherence of thermally grown alumina scales, sessile drop experiments were performed to study the wetting of poly-crystalline alumina by nickel-aluminum alloys with or without platinum addition where the amount of Pt ranged from 2.4 to 10 at.%. Subsequent interfacial structure was evaluated using atomic force microscopy. Platinum additio...

Measurement of release wave speed in shockcompressed polycrystalline alumina and aluminum

Values of release wave speed in shock-compressed polycrystalline alumina and aluminum (2024) have been measured to 400 and 260 kbar, respectively. These values, as well as previous data for aluminum and iron, have been compared with fourth-order finite strain extrapolations of the longitudinal sound speed V o. For alumina in the pressure range 200-300 kbar and for a iron and • iron the observed...

Transparent polycrystalline alumina using spark plasma sintering: Effect of Mg, Y and La doping

ransparent polycrystalline alumina (PCA) is a promising replacement for sapphire. Its optical properties however are highly dependent on the rain size and residual porosity which need to be controlled for real inline transmittances (RIT), that are high enough for possible applications. To achieve high RITs, doping as well as pressure assisted sintering is often used. In this study spark plasma ...