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Analysis of the Phase Formation and the Sinterability of K+-β/β"-Al2O3 at High Temperatures (≥1600 ℃)  

Jang, Min-Ho (Department of Materials Chemistry and Engineering, Konkuk University)
Kim, Seung-Gyun (Department of Materials Chemistry and Engineering, Konkuk University)
Kim, Seok-Jun (Department of Materials Chemistry and Engineering, Konkuk University)
Haw, Jung-Rim (Department of Materials Chemistry and Engineering, Konkuk University)
Lim, Sung-Ki (Department of Materials Chemistry and Engineering, Konkuk University)
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Applied Chemistry for Engineering / v.20, no.3, 2009 , pp. 317-321 More about this Journal
Abstract
In order to analyze the high temperature phase formation and the sinterability of super ionic conductor $K^+-{\beta}/{\beta}"-Al_2O_3$ which is commonly used as a solid oxide electrolyte, the pure $K^+-{\beta}/{\beta}"-Al_2O_3$ powder in the ternary system $K_2O-LiO_2-Al_2O_3$ was synthesized by solid state reaction and formed to tube and disk using slip casting method and cold isostatic pressing (CIP), respectively. The slip casting was conducted in an alumina mold with the slurry containing 40 wt% of solid contents and the CIP was carried out under 20 MPa. The samples were sintered at $1600^{\circ}C$, $1700^{\circ}C$ and $1750^{\circ}C$, respectively, and their phase formation and the sintering density were investigated according to the forming method. The samples produced by CIP showed far higher ${\beta}"-Al_2O_3$ fraction as compared with those by slip casting. On the other hand, the samples by slip casting showed slightly higher sintering density. The relative density reached to about 83% at $1750^{\circ}C$ and for 1 h, independent of the forming method. In the case of 90 min socking time, the density was decreased owing to the exaggerated grain growth and the pores by $K_2O$ evaporation.
Keywords
$K^+-{\beta}"-Al_2O_3$; phase formation; sintering density; solid electrolyte; solid oxide fuel cell;
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