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27-750 Spinel Final Notes
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Texture, Microstructure, and Anisotropy
Applications of Spinel
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Courtesy of Armorline
• Armored windows
• Radomes
• Desirable Properties
• Hardness
• Fracture toughness
• Transparency
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Texture, Microstructure, and Anisotropy
Experimental Procedure for
Pressureless Sintering
• Powder doping (500 ppm Yb)
• Uniaxial pressing (35 Mpa)
• CIPing (275 Mpa)
• Sintering (1800°C)
• Sectioning, grinding, and
polishing
• EBSD
Baikowski S30CR Powder
Purity
S (ppm) 800-900
K(ppm) 40
Na(ppm) 11
Fe(ppm) <10
Ca(ppm) <10
Si(ppm) <10
Benameur et al., J. Am. Ceram. Soc. 94[5] (2011)
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Texture, Microstructure, and Anisotropy
Grain Size Distribution Comparison
Yb-doped Samples
1 Hour
2 Hour
4 Hour
Undoped Samples
1 Hour
2 Hour
4 Hour
Frequency
Grain Diameter (μm) Grain Diameter (μm)
Frequency
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Log-Normal Example
0
20
40
60
80
100
0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5
CumulativePercent
Cumulative Distribution Function
Undoped - 1 Hour - CDF
16.5
26.5
36.5
46.5
56.5
66.5
76.5
86.5
96.5
0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5
CumulativePercent
Cumulative Distribution Function
Log-Normal - CDF
Vs.
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