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Gelling behavior of MgAl2O4 slurries with a common dispersant

Journal

JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CERAMIC SOCIETY
Volume 105, Issue 7, Pages 4632-4638

Publisher

WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/jace.18448

Keywords

Gel casting; gelling behavior; slurries; spinels

Funding

  1. National Natural Science Foundation of China [52130207]

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In this study, transparent MgAl2O4 ceramics were successfully shaped by using polyacrylic acid (PAA) as a dispersant and gelling agent. Spinel slurries were prepared using ball-milling method, and the gelling occurred at room temperature without any other organic additive. A novel in situ characterization method was also developed to investigate the strengthening process of wet green body and guide the demolding.
MgAl2O4 transparent ceramics were shaped by a commonly used polyacrylic acid (PAA), which acted as both dispersant and gelling agent. The spinel slurries were prepared by ball-milling MgAl2O4 powder, PAA, and water in an attrition mill. The gelling of slurries happened at room temperature in air atmosphere without any other organic additive. The gelling mechanism was the formation of chelates between Mg2+ and carboxyl groups (-COO-) of PAA. The frequency-based testing method was applied to investigate the gelling process of the as-prepared slurry. In addition, a novel in situ characterization method based on a modified indentation testing was invented to better understand the strengthening of the wet green body with time and to guide when demolding could be carried out. After sintering, transparent MgAl2O4 ceramics with high in-line transmittance were resulted.

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