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Chemically bonded phosphate ceramics reinforced with carbon nanotubes

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posted on 2015-10-08, 13:01 authored by James Wade, Jingjing Liu, Houzheng Wu
We report herein, a scalable method for the preparation of alumina (Al2O3)-phosphate ceramics reinforced with carbon nanotubes (CNTs). All composites were manufactured by direct on-site growth of CNTs on ceramic particles via catalytic chemical vapour deposition. Introduction of catalyst metals to the substrate was achieved through two simple approaches, drip-coating and vacuum filtration, both of which have been reviewed. Transmission electron microscopy was utilised to investigate the interface between the Al2O3 surface and the in-situ CNTs. Resultant ceramics were produced by impregnating phosphoric acid into the Al2O3+CNT nanocomposite powder followed by die-pressing. In order to maintain the integrity of the CNTs, dehydration/curing was performed at 130-150○C. Scanning electron microscopy was elected to comparatively characterise the microstructure of this type of ceramic nanocomposite against its monolithic equivalent. Possible mechanisms by which specific features have formed are discussed.

History

School

  • Aeronautical, Automotive, Chemical and Materials Engineering

Department

  • Materials

Published in

37th International Conference and Expo on Advanced Ceramics and Composites (ICACC'13) Nanostructured Materials and Nanotechnology VII: Ceramic Engineering and Science Proceedings

Volume

34

Issue

7

Pages

107 - 118 (12)

Citation

WADE, J., LIU, J. and WU, H., 2013. Chemically bonded phosphate ceramics reinforced with carbon nanotubes. IN: Mathur, S. et al. (eds) Ceramic Engineering and Science Proceedings. Nanostructured Materials and Nanotechnology VII. Hoboken, NJ, USA: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 34 (7), pp. 107 - 118.

Publisher

© The American Ceramic Society. Published by John Wiley & Sons.

Version

  • AM (Accepted Manuscript)

Publisher statement

This work is made available according to the conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) licence. Full details of this licence are available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/

Publication date

2013

Notes

Presented at the 37th International Conference and Expo on Advanced Ceramics and Composites (ICACC'13), Daytona Beach, Florida.

ISBN

9781118807828

ISSN

1940-6339

Language

  • en

Location

Daytona Beach, Florida