Utilization of ceramic waste as fine aggregate within Portland cement and fly ash concretes

The aim of this research work was to investigate the feasibility of using ceramic waste and fly ash to produce mortar and concrete. Ceramic waste fragments obtained from local industry were crushed and sieved to produce fine aggregates. The measured concrete properties demonstrate that while workability was reduced with increasing ceramic waste content for Portland cement concrete and fly ash concrete, the workability of the fly ash concrete with 100% ceramic waste as fine aggregate remained sufficient, in contrast to the Portland cement control concrete with 100% ceramic waste where close to zero slump was measured. The compressive strength of ceramic waste concrete was found to increase with ceramic waste content and was optimum at 50% for the control concrete, dropping when the ceramic waste content was increased beyond 50%. This was a direct consequence of having a less workable concrete. However, the compressive strength in the fly ash concrete increased with increasing ceramic waste content up to 100%. The benefits of using ceramic waste as fine aggregate in concrete containing fly ash were therefore verified.     

Novel Nanoparticle‐Reinforced Metal Matrix Composites with Enhanced Mechanical Properties

This paper summarizes and reviews the state‐of‐the‐art processing methods, structures and mechanical properties of the metal matrix composites reinforced with ceramic nanoparticles. The metal matrices of nanocomposites involved include aluminum and magnesium. The processing approaches for nanocomposites can be classified into ex‐situ and in‐situ synthesis routes. The ex‐situ ceramic nanoparticles are prone to cluster during composite processing and the properties of materials are lower than the theoretical values. Despite the fact of clustering, ex‐situ nanocomposites reinforced with very low loading levels of nanoparticles exhibit higher yield strength and creep resistance than their microcomposite counterparts filled with much higher particulate content. Better dispersion of ceramic nanoparticles in metal matrix can be achieved by using appropriate processing techniques. Consequently, improvements in both the mechanical strength and ductility can be obtained readily in aluminum or magnesium by adding ceramic nanoparticles. Similar beneficial enhancements in mechanical properties are observed for the nanocomposites reinforced with in‐situ nanoparticles.     

模板晶粒生长技术制备SrBi2Nb2O9织构陶瓷

以熔盐法制备的片状SrBi2Nb2O9晶体为模板剂,采用模板晶粒生长技术和流延法制备了Sr-Bi2Nb2O9织构陶瓷,研究了模板含量对SrBi2Nb2O9织构陶瓷烧结行为、织构度、显微结构的影响。结果表明:模板含量为10wt%时,1200℃保温2h烧结可获得体积密度最大的SrBi2Nb2O9织构陶瓷,模板含量继续增加,体积密度降低;织构陶瓷的晶粒尺寸随模板含量的增加而逐渐增大,且晶粒取向性生长趋于明显,当模板含量为10wt%时,织构化SrBi2Nb2O9陶瓷的晶粒取向率f达到最大值,为0.81;织构化陶瓷的压电常数d33达到13pC/N,高于固相法制备的陶瓷的压电常数。     

SiC陶瓷纤维先驱体设计原则及合成研究进展

总结阐述了SiC陶瓷纤维先驱体的设计原则,对国内外SiC陶瓷纤维先驱体的主要合成方法进行了总结.在设计原则的指导下,比较了各种合成方法的优缺点,包括先驱体的产率、杂元素含量、分子形态、分子量及其分布等结构参数,先驱体可纺性以及制备的SiC纤维的性能;并根据设计原则和研究进展提出,降低先驱体中杂元素含量,提高陶瓷产率并兼顾可纺性、稳定性要求是SiC陶瓷纤维先驱体分子设计的方向;指出国内SiC陶瓷纤维的发展要立足于创新,通过不同途径制备出符合要求的陶瓷先驱体。     

机械力化学法合成无机材料的研究进展

粉体球磨过程中,机械力化学使颗粒和晶粒细化产生裂纹,比表面积增大,晶格缺陷增多,晶格发生畸变和结晶程度降低,甚至诱发低温化学反应,可以制备出高活性陶瓷粉体和性能优异的材料.本文介绍了机械力化学在无机材料研究中的最新进展,影响因素及应用.同时,对其未来发展进行了展望.     

Effect of Ba(Ti<Subscript>(0.9)</Subscript>Sn<Subscript>0.1</Subscript>)O<Subscript>3</Subscript> ceramic doping on optical,thermal and dielectric properties of polycarbonate host

Ba(Ti_(0.9)Sn_0.1)O₃ (BTS) ceramic was prepared by a conventional ceramic processing. BTS-polycarbonate (PC) composites were prepared at different BTS concentrations by weight in order to study their optical and dielectric properties. The absorption coefficient (α) was determined in the wavelength range from 250–600 nm at room temperature for all BTS-PC composites. The optical gap (E _opt) was also determined for BTS-PC composites. The variation of the absorption coefficient (α) and optical gap (E _opt) with BTS content are reported. It was found that BTS ceramic highly enhances the UV absorption of PC host at 300 nm. The optical gap decreases up to the value of 3.93 eV as BTS content increases up to 35 wt% and this was attributed to the formation of localized states in the forbidden gap. The relative dielectric permittivity, dielectric loss and loss tangent were measured at temperature range from room temperature up to 150°C and at frequency values 1 kHz, 10 kHz and 50 kHz. Addition of BTS to PC host, however, will increase relative dielectric permittivity, dielectric loss and loss tangent. Besides, increasing of temperature will also increase relative dielectric permittivity, dielectric loss and loss tangent especially above the glass transition temperature of PC host and this behaviour was attributed to the segmental motion of polymer chains. On the other hand, this study shows that there is a good agreement between SEM, DSC and dielectric results and also between optical gap and a.c. conductivity results. Moreover, SEM and DSC results reveal that addition of BTS ceramic particles to PC host will reduce the physical bond between polymer chains or may be will increase the free volume in the polymer host and consequently will enhance the segmental motion of polymer chains and this behaviour is independent of ceramic phase.     

Thermal processing and properties of highly homogeneous alumina-zirconia composite ceramics

Alumina-zirconia composites were made using a novel processing technique involving nonsolvent precipitation of a dilute polymer solution containing dispersed ceramic powder particles. Seven identical alumina-nominally 15 wt% zirconia composite green bodies were fired at different temperatures. An optimal firing temperature of 1500° C was found, above and below which sample fracture strengths, densities, and tetragonal zirconia contents were lower. Fracture strengths correlated well with porosity. An alumina-14.06 wt% (zirconia-1.35 mol% yttria) composite had excellent resistance to abnormal grain growth upon high-temperature annealing. The tetragonal zirconia content increased with increasing annealing time; this was attributed to the equilibration of zirconia particles with widely varying yttria concentrations.     

淀粉固结成型工艺制备多孔陶瓷

探索了以淀粉作为粘结剂和造孔剂来制备多孔陶瓷的淀粉固结工艺,制成的多孔陶瓷的密度为0.804~1.032g/cm3,孔隙率为65.6%~73.2%。研究表明,陶瓷浆料具有剪切变稀的特性,且随淀粉含量的增加,浆料的粘度上升;另外,淀粉含量、烧成温度、保温时间等对材料孔隙率、体积密度等有很大影响。     

Advanced ceramic tool materials for machining

Cutting tools made of advanced ceramics have the potential for high-speed finish machining as well as for high-removal-rate machining of difficult-to-machine materials. The raw materials used in these ceramics are abundant, inexpensive, and free from strategic materials. In spite of this, solid or monolithic ceramic tools are currently used only to a limited extent partly due to certain limitations of these materials and partly due to the inadequacy of the machine tools used. The advances in ceramic materials and processing technology, the need to use materials that are increasingly more difficult to machine, increasing competition, and the rapidly rising manufacturing costs, have opened new vistas for ceramics in machining applications. The development of ceramic tool materials can be broadly categorized into three types: monolithic forms, thin coatings, and whisker-reinforced composites. Such a classification provides a totally new perspective on ceramic tool materials and broadens their scope considerably, and is justified on the basis that it is the ceramic addition that makes the tool material more effective. A brief overview of these materials is presented in this paper.     

Electrophoretic deposition—mechanisms, myths and materials

Explanations of the deposition process during electrophoretic deposition (EPD) are presented and their boundary conditions discussed. It is suggested increasing resistance during EPD is due to the deposit and not dilution of current carrying species in the suspension. Dialysis membrane experiments demonstrate ions carry significant current. Side-effects of two suspension-conditioning agents are described, i.e., TMAH and PEI. The former can induce aging in suspension as its surface adsorption varies with time and reduces suspension pH. PEI appears to adsorb on all ceramic and metal powders, so may be a universal EPD agent for stoichiometric deposition of ceramic/ceramic and ceramic/metal powder-mixtures. Novel structures produced by EPD are presented.     

碳化硅多孔陶瓷气孔率和强度影响因素

研究了陶瓷粘结剂含量、碳化硅颗粒粒径以及烧结温度对高温气体过滤用碳化硅多孔陶瓷抗弯强度和气孔率的影响. 利用X射线衍射测试了多孔陶瓷烧结后的物相组成. 陶瓷粘结剂含量的增加使碳化硅多孔陶瓷的气孔率快速下降, 在陶瓷粘结剂含量15wt%时, 碳化硅多孔陶瓷可具有较高的气孔率(37.5%)和抗弯强度(27.63MPa). 随着碳化硅颗粒粒径从300?m减少到87um, 碳化硅多孔陶瓷的气孔率和抗弯强度可同时提高, 气孔率从35.5%增加到了42.4%, 而抗弯强度从19.92MPa增加到了25.18MPa. 碳化硅多孔陶瓷的烧结温度从1300℃增加到1400℃过程中, 其气孔率从38.7%迅速下降到35.4%, 而其抗弯强度一直在27MPa左右, 没有大幅变化, 所以该多孔陶瓷的烧结温度应该选在陶瓷粘结剂熔点(1300℃)附近, 不宜过高.     

Development of iron oxide and titania treated fly ash based ceramic and its bioactivity

The increasing accumulation of fly ash from thermal power plants poses a major problem to the environment. The present work reflects the novel utilization of this profusely available industrial waste in the form of an antibacterial hard ceramic material by treating fly ash with ferric oxide (Fe₂O₃) and titania (TiO₂) during sintering process at 1600 °C. The developed material shows more than 90% bacterial reduction against both Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria. The mechanism of their antibacterial action was studied by transmission electron microscopy (TEM) image analysis of the bacterial cross-section. The developed ceramic material acquires hardness due to the enhancement of the natural mullite content in the matrix. The mullite content and the crystallinity of mullite have shown their increasing trend with increasing concentration of the metal oxide during sintering process. A maximum of ~ 37% increase in mullite was obtained for 7% w/w Fe₂O₃ and TiO₂. Metal oxide lowered the activation energy of the reaction and enhanced the reaction rate of alumina (Al₂O₃)–silica (SiO₂) to form mullite which increases the hardness. The study highlights novel utilization of fly ash as a hard ceramic antibacterial product (bioceramics) for both structural and hygiene applications in an eco-friendly way.     

Ceramic material processing by electrical discharge in electrolyte

New ceramic materials receive a great deal of attention as machine components, but they are hard to work. So a hybrid processing which combines electrical discharge processing with grinding is proposed. In this study, in order to examine the possibility of this hybrid processing, the electrical discharge processing on four kinds of ceramics was carried out with a needle electrode. The ceramic materials were alumina and three kinds of silicon nitride series to which are added alumina (ASN), magnesia (MSN), yttria and alumina (YASN). The results obtained showed that a pit can be formed on any ceramic and the pit depth apparently varies with the ceramic material. The removal rates of ASN, alumina, YASN and MSN become low in turn, and are independent of their mechanical properties. In the case of the silicon nitride series, the removal rates depended on their sintering additives, and the higher the applied voltage, the greater was the volume removed. High removal rate and low electrode loss are obtained when the needle electrode is negative. The ceramic materials are mainly removed by etching the grain boundary in a high-temperature electrolyte during the discharging process.     

Novel ceramic–polymer composites synthesized by compaction of polymer-encapsulated TiO2-nanoparticles

A novel processing route for producing composites from ceramic particles and a thermoplastic polymer with high ceramic content was developed. Via a radical emulsion polymerization reaction in an aqueous suspension, titanium dioxide is encapsulated by a thin layer of poly(methyl methacrylate). Subsequently, the coated particles are compacted by applying high pressure (∼1 GPa) at a temperature above the glass transition temperature of the polymer (∼160 °C). This technique enables producing dense, hard and stiff composites at low processing temperatures. Microstructural investigations of composites by scanning electron microscopy confirm successful coating of titanium dioxide particles by polymer. Compositions were estimated from thermogravimetric measurements. A maximum TiO₂ volume content of almost 70% was achieved. For characterizing mechanical properties, Vickers microhardness as well as flexural strength and elastic modulus were determined. With respect to pure PMMA, composites exhibit a 10-fold increase in microhardness. Furthermore, a strong increase in elastic modulus with TiO₂ contents, up to 40 GPa at 66 vol.% TiO₂ was observed. These moduli are among the highest found in literature for ceramic polymer composites. However, bending strength of the material is still low.     

Electrical evaluation of ceramic obtained from white rice husk ash and soda lime silica glass for electronic applications

In this work, Polarization–Electric field (P–E) hysteresis loop was evaluated and dielectric studies of the ceramic obtained from white rice husk ash (WRHA) and soda lime silica (SLS) glass was reported for electronic applications. Dielectric properties and hysteresis loop of the specimens were measured using a LCR meter and Sawyer–Tower circuit, respectively. The dielectric analysis clearly shows that the different amount of SLS glass content gives the different value of dielectric constant and loss to the ceramic. Sample with 2.5 wt% SLS glass content includes the lowest dielectric constant (11.13) among others, at 100 kHz, when sintered at 1,200 °C. The results show dielectric constant and loss of the specimens decrease with increasing applied frequency. P–E loop measurement indicates that the WRHA ceramic, generally, had capacitor capability and became more “resistor-like” than “capacitor-like”, with addition of SLS glass content.     

Rare-earth chalcogenides — an emerging class of optical materials

Sulphide compounds belong to the family of chalcogenides and are well known for their optical and electronic properties. They possess good optical properties because of their ability to transmit into the infrared (IR) region. Several sulphide glasses are known to exist which exhibit far infrared transmission and are also useful semiconductors. In recent years, there has been an increasing interest in IR materials to be used on surveillance equipment. This led to the identification of several new crystalline sulphide materials which can transmit very far into the IR region (up to a wavelength of 14 m). Crystalline and amorphous rare-earth sulphides emerged as a new class of materials, which possess several unique optical and electronic properties. This paper reviews the status of these rare-earth sulphide amorphous and polycrystalline materials, the techniques used to process these materials and discusses their structure, thermal, mechanical and optical properties. Conventional and emergent novel chemical processing techniques that are used for synthesizing these materials are reviewed in detail. The use of metallorganic precursors and the modification of their chemistry to tailor the composition of the final ceramic are illustrated. The potential of these chemical techniques and their advantages over the conventional solid state techniques used for processing sulphide ceramics is discussed, particularly in light of their successful applications in processing novel electronic and optical oxide ceramics.     

Processing of closed-cell silicon oxycarbide foams from a preceramic polymer

A novel processing route for fabricating closed-cell ceramic foams has been developed. The strategy for making the ceramic foams involves: (i) forming some shapes using a mixture of preceramic polymer and expandable microspheres by a conventional ceramic forming method, (ii) foaming the compact by heating, (iii) cross-linking the foamed body, and (iv) transforming the foamed body into ceramic foams by pyrolysis. By controlling the microsphere content and the pyrolysis temperature, it was possible to adjust the porosity ranging from 56 to 85%.     

Al2O3浆料体系中偶联剂的选择含量及作用影响

偶联剂能够增加陶瓷粉体和有机载体的相容性,起到降低浆料体系粘度和增加陶瓷固相体积分数的作用.本文测定了不同的偶联剂在Al2O3粉体表面的单分子层饱和吸附量(硬脂酸为2.22%、十八醇为2.15%和铝酸酯为3.36%),并测定分析了不同的偶联剂在单分子层饱和吸附含量下对Al2O3浆料体系粘度的影响,以及不同的操作条件对粘度的影响.     

O-3型压电陶瓷/聚合物复合材料的制备工艺新进展

0－3型压电陶瓷／聚合物复合材料具有单相压电陶瓷或聚合物所不具备的良好的综合性能,因此引起了人们广泛的兴趣和研究。本文综述了0－3型压电复合材料的制备工艺及相应复合材料的压电性能,重点介绍了水解－聚合法、凝聚－胶体法、溶液聚合法3种新型制备工艺,简要分析各种制备工艺的优缺点,为压电陶瓷／聚合物复合材料（甚至是纳米级压电复合材料）的进一步研究、开发和应用提供依据。     

Infiltration-processed, functionally graded aluminium titanate/zirconia–alumina compositePart I Microstructural characterization and physical properties

A novel route for processing aluminium titanate (AT)/(alumina–zirconia (AZ)) with graded microstructure and properties is described. This process offers a simple means of tailoring the composition and microstructure of ceramic materials. The processing involves infiltrating porous AZ preforms with a solution of TiCl4, followed by sintering at 1550°C for 3 h. The resultant material has a homogeneous core encased with a graded and heterogeneous layer of AT/AZ. Analyses by X-ray diffraction and energy-dispersive spectrometry have revealed the existence of concentration gradients, the AT content decreasing with increasing sample depth. The presence of both AT and zirconia inhibits the growth of alumina grains through a pinning mechanism. The existence of microcracking in AT and zirconia grains has been revealed by scanning electron microscopy. The graded material displays gradual changes in thermal expansion values due to the presence of AT which gradually reduces in amount from the surface to the core. The inclusion of zirconia has a favourable effect on the thermal stability of AT against phase decomposition. © 1998 Kluwer Academic Publishers