Transparent ceramics have various potential applications such as infrared (IR)
windows/domes, lamp envelopes, opto-electric components/devices, composite armors, and …

The need for materials for demanding optical applications has engendered a resurgent
interest in transparent ceramics. Transparent polycrystalline magnesium aluminate spinel is …

A review of the densification mechanisms and the microstructural development for
transparent spinel made by free sintering and by hot pressing is given. The paper is divided …

Efforts were and are made to develop performant fabrication technologies, for transparent
polycrystalline spinel–a material used for armor, infrared windows and other products …

Various transparent ceramics have been fabricated by different processing techniques.
Previously, it was accepted that, to be transparent ceramics, materials should have an …

Mixtures of elementary oxides, MgO–Al2O3, were used to fabricate transparent
polycrystalline magnesium aluminate spinel specimens by means of the spark plasma …

Transparent ceramics have been in the spotlight as advanced optical ceramic materials for
the last two decades, both as optically transparent materials with excellent mechanical …

Polycrystalline magnesium aluminate (MgAl2O4) spinel (PMAS) exhibits a unique
combination of physical, chemical, mechanical, and optical properties, which makes it useful …

The sintering kinetics of a pure magnesium aluminate spinel, MgAl2O4, and that doped with
LiF were determined through the use of the master sintering curve technique developed by …

The effect of different alkali halides additives (LiF, LiCl, NaF, NaCl, KF, KCl) on the
densification of spinel ceramics prepared via spark plasma sintering (SPS) is systematically …