简介:Nearlysingle-phaseandpolycrystallinecharge-density-wavecompoundK_(0.3)MoO_3havebeenpreparedbyusingasimplemethod.Inthiswork,K_2CO_3andMoO_3wereusedasstartingmaterialsandreactedbyhotisostaticpressing(HIP)sintering.TheproductisnearlysinglephaseK_(0.3)MoO_3determinedbyX-raypowderdiffraction(XRD)andenergydispersivespectroscopy(EDS).MeasurementoftemperaturedependenceofresistivityrevealsthatthetransportpropertyofpolycrystallineK_(0.3)MoO_3obviouslydiffersfromthatofsinglecrystalduetothegrainboundariesandtheanisotropicstructureinthiskindofcompound.
简介:Anitrate-citratecombustionroutetosynthesizeLa0.9Sr0.1Ga0.8Mg0.2O3-δpowderforsolidoxidefuelcellapplicationwaspresented.Thisrouteisbasedonthegellingofnitratesolutionsbytheadditionofcitricacidandammoniumhydroxide,followedbyanintensecombustionprocessduetoanexothermicredoxreactionbetweennitrateandcitrateions.TheoptimumtechnicalparametersarethatthepHvalueis5,andthemolarratioofcitricacidtothetotalmetallicionis1.5:1.X-raydiffractioncharacterizationofcalcinedgelshowsthatpurephasewassynthesizedaftercalcinationat1400℃for10h,andtheTEMresultshowsthecalcinedpowderwithaverageparticlesizeisabout150nm.Thegrainresistancecontributestothetotalresistanceofsinteredpelletbelow500℃.Theconductivityofthesinteredpellentat800℃was0.07S-1.cm-1higherthantheconductivityofYSZ(0.05S-1.cm-1at800℃)
简介:Ag-TiAlintermetallicalloy,Tie45Ale2Nbe2Mn(at.%)e0.8vol.%TiB2,hasbeenprocessedfromgasatomizedprealloyedpowderbyfieldassistedhotpressing(FAHP).Aninitialanalysisoftheprealloyedpowderhelpedontheunderstandingoftheintermetallicsinteringbehavior.Atomizedpowderconsistedofametastablephasethattransformedintoa2tgequilibriumphasesbythermaltreating.Differentpowderparticlemicrostructureswerefound,whichinfluencethemicrostructuredevelopmentoftheFAHPg-TiAlmaterialdependingonthesinteringtemperature.Duplex,nearlylamellarandfullylamellarmicrostructureswereobtainedatthesinteringtemperaturesabove1000C.Lowerconsolidationtemperatures,below1000C,ledtotheformationofanAlrichphaseatpowderparticleboundaries,whichisdeleterioustothemechanicalproperties.Highcompressiveyieldstrengthof1050MPawasobservedinsampleswithFAHPduplexmicrostructuresatroomtemperature.Whereasnearlylamellarandfullylamellarmicrostructuresshowedyieldstrengthvaluesof655and626MPaatroomtemperatureand440and425MPaat750C,respectively,whicharesuperiorincomparisontosimilaralloysprocessedbyothertechniques.Theseexcellentpropertiescanbeexplainedduetothedifferentvolumefractionsofthea2andgphasesandtherefinementofthePMmicrostructures.