Electrophoretic forming of functionally-graded materials
- McMaster Univ., Hamilton, Ontario (Canada)
Electrophoretic deposition (EPD) is a colloidal forming process where electrically charged particles are deposited onto an oppositely-charged electrode from an electrostatically stabilized suspension by the application of a dc electric field. It is a cheap and facile technique to fabricate complicated ceramic shapes. EPD is very effective method to synthesize ceramic/ceramic and metal/ceramic composites, eg.; dispersed, laminar, fibre reinforced, and functionally graded materials (FGM) etc. By EPD it is possible to synthesize step FGMs and continuous profile FGMs. The compositional profile of the FGM can be controlled by deposition current density, second component flow rate, suspension concentration etc. Step and continuous profile Al{sub 2}O{sub 3}/YSZ and continuous profile Al{sub 2}O{sub 3}/MoSi{sub 2}, Al{sub 2}O{sub 3}/Ni and YSZ/Ni fabrication is reported herein. The microstructures of the FGMs produced were characterized by optical/electron microscopy and micro-indentation was used to quantify the Vicker`s hardness and fracture toughness variation across The FGM sections.
- OSTI ID:
- 567852
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-9604124--
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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