dc.contributor.author | Yi, S | |
dc.contributor.author | Huang, Z | |
dc.contributor.author | Huang, J | |
dc.contributor.author | Fang, M | |
dc.contributor.author | Liu, Y | |
dc.contributor.author | Zhang, S | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2016-05-11T12:58:00Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2014-03-11 | |
dc.description.abstract | Calcium hexaluminate (CA6) was incorporated into the matrix of magnesio aluminate spinel-alumina (MA-A) via infiltration of a porous preform fabricated from α-Al2O3 and MgO powders with a saturated calcium acetate solution and subsequent firing, forming CA6/(MA-A) functionally composites with graded fracture toughness. Actually, the porous preform was partially and perpendicularly immersed (1/4 of its length) in the solution. Owing to the capillary action, the calcium acetate solution was absorbed into the porous preform, and the different absorption distance led to the graded solution concentration in the height direction of the porous preform. The in-situ formation of CA6 conferred graded microstructures, as well as improved mechanical properties on the resultant composites. The CA6 content decreased gradually along the solution absorption direction, i.e., from one end [CA6/(MA-A) region] immersed in solution to the other end [MA-A region], reducing evidently the formation of layered structure along the direction, while increasing gradually the formation of spherical alumina particles. The CA6/(MA-A) region had a better toughness that could prevent the crack propagation and improve the spalling resistance. Meanwhile, the MA-A region could provide structural support, because of the higher Vickers hardness and density. | en_GB |
dc.description.sponsorship | This work was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China
(NSFC Grant Nos. 51072186 and 51032007) and the Fundamental Research Funds for the
Central Universities (Grant No. 2652014039). | en_GB |
dc.identifier.citation | Vol. 4, article 4333 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1038/srep04333 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10871/21480 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_GB |
dc.publisher | Nature Publishing Group | en_GB |
dc.relation.url | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24614648 | en_GB |
dc.rights | This work is licensed under a Creative Commons AttributionNonCommercial-NoDerivs
3.0 Unported license. To view a copy of this license,
visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0 | en_GB |
dc.subject | ceramics | en_GB |
dc.subject | mechanical properties | en_GB |
dc.title | Novel calcium hexaluminate/spinel-alumina composites with graded microstructures and mechanical properties | en_GB |
dc.type | Article | en_GB |
dc.date.available | 2016-05-11T12:58:00Z | |
dc.identifier.issn | 2045-2322 | |
exeter.place-of-publication | England | |
dc.description | This is the final version of the article. Available on open access from the publisher via the DOI in this record. | en_GB |
dc.identifier.journal | Scientific Reports | en_GB |