Abstract

High density and homogeneous green body is important for fabricating transparent ceramics. Inspired by the improved samples’ homogeneity in slip casting, we introduced low pressure filtration to gel casting to further increase the relative density and homogeneity of the green body and to shorten the drying time. The effect of pressure filtration on drying characteristics, bulk density and porosity of the pre-sintered bodies, and the microstructure and optical transmittance of the resultant ceramics were intensively investigated. The results showed that pressure filtration can reduce the drying time by 27.3%, improve the density of the pre-sintered bodies and reduce the residual pores of the sintered ceramics. The in-line transmittance of the translucent alumina prepared by the pressure filtration assisted gel casting was 32.7% at 600 nm with a thickness of 1 mm, which is about 6% higher than that without pressure filtration. In principle, this process can be applied to fabricate any other high-performance ceramic.

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