Elaboration of Yttrium Aluminum Garnet (YAG) nanopowders and ceramics: Comparison between batch and plug-flow reactor

Autor: Florian Delaunay, Lucie Chrétien, Rémy Boulesteix, Alexandre Maître
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: Open Ceramics, Vol 20, Iss , Pp 100675- (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2666-5395
DOI: 10.1016/j.oceram.2024.100675
Popis: In this study YAG (Y3Al5O12) nanopowders have been synthetized by a reverse co-precipitation method with two different designs of reactors: batch and plug-flow. The impact of both the reactor design and the synthesis temperature on the features of nanopowders so-synthetized was studied. The reactor design governs the pH evolution and precipitation kinetics during synthesis. Correlations were found between the reactor design and nanopowders stoichiometry and morphology. The plug-flow reactor allows obtaining homogeneous, well-crystallized and single-phased YAG nanopowders after calcination. Then, the sintering ability of as-obtained nanopowders was investigated. Fully dense YAG-based ceramics were obtained with the nanopowders made from the plug-flow reactor by combining uniaxial pressing and sintering at 1700 °C. Finally, a plug-flow reactor with very simple and inexpensive design would allow easier upscale of the synthesis process of YAG-based nanopowders with well-controlled morphology and stoichiometry. As a result, YAG based transparent ceramic were obtained without sintering additive.
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