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Low-temperature synthesis and sintering of γ-Y2Si2O7

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 June 2006

Ziqi Sun ,
Yanchun Zhou  and
Meishuan Li
Ziqi Sun
Affiliation:
High Performance Ceramic Division, Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science, Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, 110016, China; and Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100039, China
Yanchun Zhou*
Affiliation:
High Performance Ceramic Division, Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science, Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, China
Meishuan Li
Affiliation:
High Performance Ceramic Division, Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science, Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, China
*
a) Address all correspondence to this author. e-mail: yczhou@imr.ac.cn
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Abstract

In this article, a novel pressureless solid-liquid reaction method is presented for preparation of yttrium disilicate (γ-Y2Si2O7). Single-phase γ-Y2Si2O7 powder was synthesized by calcination of SiO2 and Y2O3 powders with the addition of LiYO2 at 1400 °C for 4 h. The addition of LiYO2 significantly decreased the synthesis temperature, shortened the calcination time, and enhanced the stability of γ-Y2Si2O7. The sintering of these powders in air and O2 was studied by means of thermal mechanical analyzer. It is shown that the γ-Y2Si2O7 sintered in oxygen had a faster densification rate and a higher density than that sintered in air. Furthermore, single-phase γ-Y2Si2O7 with a density of 4.0 g/cm3 (99% of the theoretical density) was obtained by pressureless sintering at 1400 °C for 2 h in oxygen. Microstructures of the sintered samples are studied by scanning electron microscope.

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CeramicChemical synthesisSintering
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Journal of Materials Research , Volume 21 , Issue 6 , June 2006 , pp. 1443 - 1450
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2006

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