Microstructural characteristics, properties, synthesis and applications of mullite: a review

LKS Lima, KR Silva, RR Menezes, LNL Santana… - Cerâmica, 2022 - SciELO Brasil
Mullite, an intermediate phase of the binary alumina-silica system, is one of the most
important phases of ceramic products containing alumina and silica in the initial …

Porous ceramics via processable Pickering emulsion stabilized by oppositely charged colloids

N Madhavan, M Mukherjee, MG Basavaraj - Langmuir, 2020 - ACS Publications
We report a method to produce processable Pickering emulsions in which electrostatic
heteroaggregation of oppositely charged fumed silica and alumina particles is exploited …

Preparation and characterization of mullite-alumina structures formed" in situ" from calcined alumina and different grades of synthetic amorphous silica

L Fernandes, R Salomão - Materials Research, 2018 - SciELO Brasil
The in situ reaction between alumina and silica to obtain mullite (Al6Si4O13) can be
significantly affected by using synthetic amorphous silica (SAS) sources instead of …

Formation of mullite from precursor powders: sintering, microstructure and mechanical properties

T Ebadzadeh - Materials Science and Engineering: A, 2003 - Elsevier
The effect of precursor powders using aluminium sulphate/boehmite and colloidal silica on
the green compact, mullitization, densification, microstructure and mechanical properties …

Development of densification-resistant castable porous structures from in situ mullite

LL Sousa, ADV Souza, L Fernandes, VL Arantes… - Ceramics …, 2015 - Elsevier
Ceramic porous structures are technologically important materials for several high-
temperature applications. Many recent studies have aimed at increasing their temperature of …

Investigation of the sintering mechanisms of kaolin–muscovite

GL Lecomte-Nana, JP Bonnet, P Blanchart - Applied Clay Science, 2011 - Elsevier
Kaolin Kga-1b and a muscovite from Bihar (India) and their mixtures were used to
investigate the densifying mechanisms during the sintering. The kaolin–muscovite mixtures …

Low temperature pressureless sintering of sol-gel derived mullite

D Amutharani, FD Gnanam - Materials Science and Engineering: A, 1999 - Elsevier
Mullite of stoichiometric composition has been synthesized by sol-gel process. Aluminium
nitrate and ethyl silicate are used as the starting materials to prepare the single phase …

Transparent mullite ceramic from single-phase gel by spark plasma sintering

G Zhang, Y Wang, Z Fu, H Wang, W Wang… - Journal of the European …, 2009 - Elsevier
Monophasic mullite precursors with composition of 3Al2O3· 2SiO2 (3: 2) were synthesized
and then were sintered by Spark Plasma Sintering (SPS) to form transparent mullite …

Correlation of the precursor type with densification behavior and microstructure of sintered mullite ceramics

H Ivankovic, E Tkalcec, R Nass, H Schmidt - Journal of the European …, 2003 - Elsevier
The effect of alumina component in diphasic mullite precursors containing alkoxy-derived
silica on the crystallization and sintering behavior of compacts was studied. The phenomena …

Use of various spectroscopy techniques to investigate raw materials and define processes in the overpainting of Apulian red figured pottery (4th century BC) from …

A Mangone, LC Giannossa, G Colafemmina… - Microchemical …, 2009 - Elsevier
Analytical investigations using Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), with Energy Dispersive
Spectrometry (EDS), X-ray Diffraction (XRD), Infrared Spectroscopy (FT-IR) and High …