Abstract
The sintering kinetics of ceramic nanoparticles is essential for preparing dense nanocrystalline ceramics with fine grains, but the sintering kinetics of disperse ultrafine α-Al2O3 nanoparticles has not been systematically explored so far. In this paper, the sintering kinetics of disperse ultrafine equiaxed α-Al2O3 nanoparticles with a mean particle size of 4.5nm and a narrow size distribution of 2–8nm without any agglomeration was studied systematically. Finally, α-Al2O3 nanocrystalline ceramic with a mean grain size of 36nm and a relative density of 99.7% was sintered in air by two-step sintering (heated to 1100°C without hold and then cooled down to 950°C with a 40h hold). The sintering temperature is the lowest for pressureless sintering of α-Al2O3 and almost fully dense α-Al2O3 nanocrystalline ceramic obtained also has the finest grain so far.
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