Sol-gel Processing and Sintering of Yttrium Aluminum Garnet (YAG) Powders

Editor(s)

Carter, C. B.

Abstract

Gels of yttrium aluminum garnet (YAG) with the stoichiometric composition 3Y2O3·5AI2O3, were prepared by a sol-gel technique and dried by supercritical extraction with CO2. Powders were produced by lightly grinding the dried gels. Crystallization of the powder occurred at ≈900°C and within the limits of detection, the X-ray diffraction pattern of the crystallized material was identical to that of the stoichiometric composition. Powder compacts with a green density of ≈0.50 of the theoretical were sintered to nearly full density in O2 during constant heating rate sintering at 5 °C min−1 to 1600 °C. This is better than the density obtained with powders from a similar gel dried conventionally (by evaporation of the liquid) and considerably better than that obtained with powders prepared by solid state reaction. The room temperature flexural strength and fracture toughness of the material fabricated from the supercritically dried gels were 190 MPa and 2.2 MPa.m1/2, respectively. These strength and fracture toughness values are higher than those reported in other studies for YAG produced by the sintering route.

Department(s)

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords and Phrases

Polymer Sciences; Industrial Chemistry/Chemical Engineering; Mechanics; Materials Processing-Characterization-And Design

International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

0022-2461

Document Type

Article - Journal

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text

Language(s)

English

Rights

© 1996 Springer Verlag, All rights reserved.

Publication Date

01 Jan 1996

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