Journal
ACTA MATERIALIA
Volume 60, Issue 15, Pages 5536-5544Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.actamat.2012.06.051
Keywords
Ceramics; Thermal conductivity; Crystal structure; Raman spectroscopy
Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [51072088, 50990302]
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Complex rare-earth silicate oxyapatite RE9.33(SiO4)(6)O-2 (RE = La, Nd, Sm, Gd, Dy) ceramics have been synthesized and their thermal conduction characteristics investigated. When evaluated using a steady-state laser heat-flux technique under conditions ranging from room temperature to 1000 degrees C the materials demonstrated very low thermal conductivities (0.96-1.49 W m(-1) K-1), especially Gd-9.33(SiO4)(6)O-2, which shows a value of 1.10-1.14 W m(-1) K-1 in the measured temperature range. Phonon mean free path and Raman spectra were used to investigate the thermal transfer mechanism. The source of low thermal conductivity was determined to be the strong intrinsic scattering in the crystal cell, which is due to the phonon mean free path being on the inter-atomic level. Furthermore, a connection between the full width at half maximum Raman spectra and the thermal conductivity of RE9.33(SiO4)(6)O-2 ceramics at room temperature was established. The insensitivity of the thermal conduction properties to temperature for RE9.33(SiO4)(6)O-2 ceramics have allowed it to show great potential in high temperature thermal insulation applications. (C) 2012 Acta Materialia Inc. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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