Preparation and Performance Study of Mullite/Al₂O₃ Composite Ceramics for Solar Thermal Transmission Pipeline

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• 作者：Jianfeng Wu ; Cheng Hu ; Xiaohong Xu ; Xionghua Ma and Yinfeng Zhang
• 刊名：International Journal of Applied Ceramic Technology
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：November/December 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：13
• 期：6
• 页码：1017-1023
• 全文大小：938K
• ISSN：1744-7402

文摘

For lowering sintering temperature of mullite/Al₂O₃ composite ceramics for solar thermal transmission pipeline, kaolin, potassium feldspar, quartz, and γ-Al₂O₃ were used as raw materials to in situ synthesize the composite ceramics with pressureless sintering method. Densification, mechanical properties, thermal expansion coefficient, thermal shock resistance, phase composition, and microstructure were investigated. The experiment results demonstrated that the introduction of potassium feldspar and quartz decreased the lowest sintering temperatures greatly to 1300°C. The optimum sample A3 sintered at 1340°C obtained the best performances. The water absorption, apparent porosity, bulk density, bending strength, and thermal expansion coefficient of A3 were 0.04%, 0.12%, 2.71 g/cm³, 94.82 MPa, and 5.83 × 10⁻⁶/°C, respectively. After 30 thermal shock cycles (wind cooling from 1100°C to room temperature), no cracks were observed on the surfaces of the sample, and the bending strength increased by −7.96%. XRD analysis indicated that the main phases of samples before and after 30 thermal shock cycles were consistently mullite, corundum, and α-cristobalite, while the content of mullite increased after thermal shock. SEM micrographs illustrated that the mullite grains growth and micro-cracks appeared after thermal shock endowed the composite ceramics with excellent thermal shock resistance.