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Combustion synthesis and characteristics of aluminum oxynitride ceramic foams

  • Yongting Zheng*
  • , Hongbo Li
  • , Wei Zhou
  • , Xiaonan Zhang
  • , Guorui Ye
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Aluminum oxynitride (AlON) ceramic foams were prepared by combustion synthesis using Al and Al 2O 3 as starting materials under high nitrogen pressure. By introducing Al(NO 3) 3· 9H 2O into reactants as active pore-forming agent, AlON ceramic foams with well-distributed pores were cost-effectively fabricated. The influences of Al(NO 3) 3·9H 2O content on the combustion process, pore content and structure were studied systematically. The experiment results showed that porous AlON ceramics containing evenly distributed and noncontiguous pores were obtained when Al(NO 3) 3· 9H 2O content was 30%, in which the closed porosity of 80% was found by Archimedes' method. Pore distribution measured by mercury intrusion porosimetry indicated that pores with several types of diameter were formed in the foams because of the different conditions of pore fusion and molten viscosity.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)5139-5144
Number of pages6
JournalCeramics International
Volume38
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 2012

Keywords

  • B. Porosity
  • D. Al O
  • E. Structural applications

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