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http://dx.doi.org/10.4191/KCERS.2002.39.12.1197

Preparation of Porous K2Ti6O13 Whisker Preform by Spark Plasma Sintering  

Lee, Chang-Hun (School of Materials Science and Engineering, Inha University)
Cho, Dong-Choul (School of Materials Science and Engineering, Inha University)
Cho, Won-Seung (School of Materials Science and Engineering, Inha University)
Lee, Chi-Hwan (School of Materials Science and Engineering, Inha University)
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Abstract
In order to develope the porous $K_2Ti_6O_13$ whisker preform with good strength, the pore characteristics and compressive strength were investigated as a function of spark plasma sintering temperature. As a result, high porous whisker preform were successfully fabricated by sintering at 900∼950${\circ}C$ for 10 min under a pressure of 40 MPa, heating rate of 50${\circ}C$/min and on-off pulse type of 12:2. The whisker preform prepared under above optimum condition showed relatively high compressive strength of 174∼266 MPa, despite of high porosity ranging from 15% to 37%. This improvement in strength was considered to be mainly due to the spark-plasma discharges and the self-heating action between whiskers. The compressive strength of whisker preform, fabricated at sintering temperature less than 900${\circ}C$, showed 80∼100 MPa. This is low strength level less than one half times compared with whisker preform fabricated at 900∼950${\circ}C$. The whisker preform fabricated at 1000${\circ}C$ showed the highest compressive strength of 523 MPa, but resulted in low porosity of ∼5%. Based on above results, it was considered that spark plasma sintering was an effective method for developing high strength and porosity of whisker preform.
Keywords
Preform; $K_2Ti_6O_{13}$ whisker; Porous; Spark plasma sintering;
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