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  • Master Thesis
    Preparation and Characterization of Whisker and Particulate Sic-Ai2 O3 Ceramic Composites
    (Izmir Institute of Technology, 1999) Ünver, Özlem Ebru; Çiftçioğlu, Muhsin
    This work involves the preparation and the characterization of SiC particulate-Alz03 and SiC whisker- Alz03 ceramic composites. A new technique was used in order to increase the density of composite. Fine Alz03 and SiC whiskers and particulates were used as a matrix and secondary phase, respectively. Whiskers and particulate were coated with Al-S04-OH precursor by precipitation using urea. In this method, it was important to keep the alumina hydrate in the noncrystalline state at 5.5>pH>8.6. The alumina- hydrate compound was separated from SiC whiskers and particulates when the reaction was continued at high pH (pH>8.7) causing the crystallization of alumina precursor. Alumina hydrate coated SiC whiskers and particulate were used as the starting material for the preparation of SiCw/p reinforced Alz03. Die pressing was used as the most appropriate and cheapest consolidation technique of composite materials. Upon sintering Al-S04OH on the SiC transformed into Alz03 by providing empty spaces for matrix densification in the proposed technique ( shrink- fit idea). Green bodies with SiC whisker and particulate contents in the range of 10 to 40 vol.% were sintered at 14500C for 2h under atmospheric conditions. The densities of sintered composites were measured by using Archimedes method. The density of composites containing 10%, 20%, 30% and 40 vol.% coated SiC particulate and whisker composites changed from 81% to 70% of theoretical density and from 79% to 75% of theoretical density, respectively. The density of coated composites were -22% greater than that of the uncoated composites .The thermal behavior of Al-S04-OH on the SiC was characterized by using TGA, DTA. TGA curves showed that materials are hydrated and dehydroxylization was observed between -700 and 800°C. TGA and DTA curves indicated that desulfurization then occurred at about -950°C. Chemical characterization of the coated SiC whiskers and particulates were obtained by using FTIR spectrometer.The hardness of these composites were measured by usmg Vickers Microhardness Testing Device. Vickers microhardness of the 20vol.% and 30vol.% coated SiCp ,and 20vol.% and 40 vol.% SiCw-Alz03 composites were measured as 10.71, 12.94, 10.89 and 5,96 GPa, respectively and compared with the mechanical properties of the composites manufactured by the conventional methods.
  • Master Thesis
    Processing and Characterization of Nanocrystalline Materials
    (Izmir Institute of Technology, 2004) Genç, Gözde; Çiftçioğlu, Muhsin
    Nanocrystalline materials with grain sizes under 100 nm have been counted as a very promising class of ceramic materials. The decrease in grain size imparts superior structural properties to the ceramic materials like increased fracture toughness, wear resistance and superplastic deformation at high temperatures. So, nanocrystalline ceramics can be used as structural materials in a wide range of uses covering advanced engineering applications such as aircraft and automotive technologies as well as electronics, computation and material sciences. Nanocrystalline alumina has been a popular research subject for the last decade because of the superior structural properties of alumina besides lower cost compared to other nanocrystalline materials like zirconia and titania. The raw materials are generally transitional aluminas or aluminum hydroxides such as boehmite and gibbsite all of which are widely used in industry.The main problem in nanocrystalline alumina production is to cope with agglomeration of fine powders or nano-particles in solutions due to interaction forces. Agglomeration cause nonhomogeneous microstructure with respectively larger pores which are very hard to eliminate during sintering. In this study a nanocrystalline commercial boehmite powder is used as the starting material and a homogeneous microstructure with respectively high density is aimed. Ultrasonic treatment is applied in order to reduce particle size and the stable dispersions of boehmite powder with a solid content of 30wt% was dried by spray drying. The effect of ultrasonic treatment, spray drying and compaction conditions were investigated and compared with bodies compacted from untreated powders. To see the effect of seeding on phase transformation behavior of boehmite, alpha alumina particles produced by combustion synthesis and broken into crystallites by ultrasonic treatment were used with a seed content less than 0.5%. Even that low amount of a-alumina reduced the transformation temperature by 100C but did not improve densification of alumina compacts. The homogeneity of microstructure obtained by ultrasonic treatment and granulation by spray drying yielded the highest relative densities of 65.5 % of the theoretical density. The treatment has also led more uniform microstructures compared to untreated and seeded samples during the a-phase transition which is the most important stage for densification.
  • Master Thesis
    Use of Metal Templates for Microcavity Formation in Alumina
    (Izmir Institute of Technology, 2011) Balkan, Sırma; Akkurt, Sedat
    Alumina ceramics with microtunnels are produced by compressing submicron sized alumina powder and Ti, Cu or stainless steel wires in a metal die before firing the compacts at 1350oC for 4 hours. Diameters of wires ranged from 50 to 125 micrometers. Copper was found to completely melt and flow away from the compact leaving no trace of copper in alumina. Stainless steel diffused out into the alumina leaving few pores behind. Titanium, on the other hand, diffused into alumina at 20 to 30micrometers/hour and left plenty of Kirkendal porosity behind. The amount of porosity could have been increased further by applying intensive milling to the powder. But no milling was done in this study and hence a complete micro-tunnel was not obtained. The Kirkendal effect was observed to be effective in producing pores in the ceramic. Densification behavior of the ceramic was also investigated with a vertical dilatometer. Densities up to 93% were achieved in the ceramics. In some tests Ti metal plates were used as diffusion couples with alumina compacts. Similar diffusion behavior was observed with plates and wires.