Anisotropy of grain growth in alumina

Conference · Fri Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 1989

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1151-2916.1990.tb06452.x· OSTI ID:7198383

Roedel, J.; Glaeser, A. M.

Grain growth in theoretically dense undoped and MgO-doped polycrystalline alumina was studied and average grain boundary migration rates were compared to those of a-plane and c-plane sapphire during migration into the same undoped and MgO-doped materials. The results are discussed in terms of a grain size dependent grain boundary mobility grain boundary energy product, M{sub b}{gamma}{sub b}. The grain size dependencies of the M{sub b}{gamma}{sub b} products for seed and matrix grains differ. Seed orientation appears to affect the nature of solute-boundary interactions. The importance of grain boundary structure on migration characteristics is also indicated by a demonstration of twin formation enhanced grain growth. 30 refs., 8 figs., 3 tabs.

• Research Organization: Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: DOE/ER
• DOE Contract Number: AC03-76SF00098
• OSTI ID: 7198383
• Report Number(s): LBL-27360; CONF-890421-12; ON: DE90009045
• Resource Relation: Journal Volume: 73; Journal Issue: 11; Conference: 91. annual meeting of the American Ceramic Society, Indianapolis, IN (USA), 23-27 Apr 1989
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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36 MATERIALS SCIENCE
ALUMINIUM OXIDES
GRAIN GROWTH
ANISOTROPY
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GRAIN BOUNDARIES
GRAIN SIZE
KINETICS
MAGNESIUM OXIDES
MICROSTRUCTURE
SAPPHIRE
ALKALINE EARTH METAL COMPOUNDS
ALUMINIUM COMPOUNDS
CHALCOGENIDES
CORUNDUM
CRYSTAL STRUCTURE
MAGNESIUM COMPOUNDS
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OXIDE MINERALS
OXIDES
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