A fine-grained (330 nm) yttrium aluminium garnet (YAG) ceramic, presenting a non-negligible transparency (66% RIT at 600 nm), was obtained by spark plasma sintering. The YAG powder was manufactured by co-precipitation, starting from a yttrium and aluminium chlorides solution. A soft precursor was obtained, whose phase evolution was studied by X-ray diffraction. Calcined powders were dispersed by either ball milling or by ultrasonication and then subjected to spark plasma sintering at several temperatures (1200–1400 ◦C) and for a reduced time (15 min). It is shown that the dispersion method plays a key role in enhancing the optical characteristics of YAG ceramics, in order to obtain a material with a small grain size, transparent in both the visible and the infrared range

Transparent YAG obtained by spark plasma sintering of co-precipitated powder. Influence of dispersion route and sintering parameters on optical and microstructural characteristics / Spina, Giulia; G., Bonnefont; Palmero, Paola; G., Fantozzi; J., Chevalier; Montanaro, Laura. - In: JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN CERAMIC SOCIETY. - ISSN 0955-2219. - STAMPA. - 32:11(2012), pp. 2957-2964. [10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2012.02.052]

Transparent YAG obtained by spark plasma sintering of co-precipitated powder. Influence of dispersion route and sintering parameters on optical and microstructural characteristics

SPINA, GIULIA;PALMERO, PAOLA;MONTANARO, Laura
2012

Abstract

A fine-grained (330 nm) yttrium aluminium garnet (YAG) ceramic, presenting a non-negligible transparency (66% RIT at 600 nm), was obtained by spark plasma sintering. The YAG powder was manufactured by co-precipitation, starting from a yttrium and aluminium chlorides solution. A soft precursor was obtained, whose phase evolution was studied by X-ray diffraction. Calcined powders were dispersed by either ball milling or by ultrasonication and then subjected to spark plasma sintering at several temperatures (1200–1400 ◦C) and for a reduced time (15 min). It is shown that the dispersion method plays a key role in enhancing the optical characteristics of YAG ceramics, in order to obtain a material with a small grain size, transparent in both the visible and the infrared range
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