Melt-extracted oxide ceramic fibres — the fundamentals |
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| Authors: | M Allahverdi R A L Drew J O Strom-Olsen |
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| Affiliation: | (1) Department of Mining and Metallurgical Engineering, McGill University, Montreal, PQ, Canada;(2) Center for the Physics of the Materials, Physics Department, McGill University, Montreal, PQ, Canada |
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| Abstract: | A melt-extraction technique, using a sharpened molybdenum wheel, has been used to produce fine oxide ceramic fibres. Wetting of the molybdenum wheel by molten ceramic is a key parameter in the melt-extraction process. Two types of fibre are generally obtained, depending on the extraction speed. At very low wheel speed, fine and uniform fibres of high quality are produced. However, when the wheel speed exceeds a critical velocity, Rayleigh waves are formed on the free surface of the fibres. Moreover, the average fibre thickness first increases with the wheel velocity, then passes through a maximum, decreasing at high velocity. This thickness variation is discussed in terms of both surface tension and viscosity of the liquid ceramics. |
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