Abstract
Small‐angle X‐ray scattering was used to follow the evolution of the pore size distribution during final‐stage sintering of alumina and of alumina doped with 0.25 wt% magnesia. The volume‐weighted (Guinier) results indicate that the effective size of the largest pores increases as the body goes from 97% to more than 99% dense. The surface‐area‐weighted (Porod) results show that the median size of the smallest pores decreases slightly over the same density range. Taken together, these data indicate that the pore size distribution becomes broader as final‐stage densification proceeds. This was confirmed by a maximum entropy analysis, which was used to derive pore size distributions directly from the data. Finally, the evolution of the pore size distributions in alumina, with and without sintering aid, were compared.
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