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Spark Plasma Sintering Of Magnesium Titanate Ceramics, Suzana Filipović, Nina Obradović, William G. Fahrenholtz, Steven Smith, Miljana Mirković, Adriana Peleš Tadić, Jovana Petrović, Antonije Đorđević Jan 2024

Spark Plasma Sintering Of Magnesium Titanate Ceramics, Suzana Filipović, Nina Obradović, William G. Fahrenholtz, Steven Smith, Miljana Mirković, Adriana Peleš Tadić, Jovana Petrović, Antonije Đorđević

Materials Science and Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

Magnesium titanate ceramics were prepared by reactive spark plasma sintering (SPS) at 1200 °C for 5 min. Prior to sintering, MgO and TiO2 powders were mixed by high energy ball milling (HEBM) for 15, 30, or 60 min. The effect of milling time on phase composition was analyzed by X-ray diffraction (XRD) for milled powders and sintered specimens. The morphology of the sintered ceramics was investigated by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), while elemental distribution was determined by energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS). The presence of the MgTi2O5 phase was detected in XRD and was confirmed by EDS analysis. Microcracking was …


Spontaneous Jumping, Bouncing And Trampolining Of Hydrogel Drops On A Heated Plate, Jonathan T. Pham, Maxime Paven, Sanghyuk Wooh, Tadashi Kajiya, Hans-Jürgen Butt, Doris Vollmer Oct 2017

Spontaneous Jumping, Bouncing And Trampolining Of Hydrogel Drops On A Heated Plate, Jonathan T. Pham, Maxime Paven, Sanghyuk Wooh, Tadashi Kajiya, Hans-Jürgen Butt, Doris Vollmer

Chemical and Materials Engineering Faculty Publications

The contact between liquid drops and hot solid surfaces is of practical importance for industrial processes, such as thermal spraying and spray cooling. The contact and bouncing of solid spheres is also an important event encountered in ball milling, powder processing, and everyday activities, such as ball sports. Using high speed video microscopy, we demonstrate that hydrogel drops, initially at rest on a surface, spontaneously jump upon rapid heating and continue to bounce with increasing amplitudes. Jumping is governed by the surface wettability, surface temperature, hydrogel elasticity, and adhesion. A combination of low-adhesion impact behavior and fast water vapor formation …


Preparation And Microstructure Of Machinable Al2O3/Mica Composite By Ball Milling And Hot-Press Sintering, Qingbo Tian, Deyu Kong, Tongguang Zhai Sep 2016

Preparation And Microstructure Of Machinable Al2O3/Mica Composite By Ball Milling And Hot-Press Sintering, Qingbo Tian, Deyu Kong, Tongguang Zhai

Chemical and Materials Engineering Faculty Publications

A machinable α-Al2O3/mica composite was prepared by hot-press sintering. In this experiment, a mica-contained glass ceramic in the MgO-Al2O3-SiO2-F glassy system was employed and the base glass powders were obtained by traditional melting-quenched method. Then, α-Al2O3 milling swarf was introduced by medium α-alumina milling ball to the glass powders. The test results indicate that the composites consist of mica crystal and mullite crystal, which are precipitated in the base glass. The α-Al2O3 shows an irregular polygon, which is inlayed in the base material. With …