Abstract
Synthesis and nanostructure evolution of mullite (3Al 2O 3.2SiO 2) from xero- and aerogels, obtained by the non-hydrolytic sol-gel process are described. Mullite crystallization and gel nanostructure evolution after heat treatment were studied by differential-thermal, x-ray diffraction, infrared and thermomicroscopic analysis as well as by scanning electron microscopy. Crystallization of mullite from both gels starts at 900 °C and further increase in temperature increases the size of crystallites formed from 32 to 100 nm and 12 to 20 nm in the case of xero- and aerogels, respectively. Accelerated sintering of aerogels in the temperature range 900 to 1000° C is a consequence of the viscous flow of the amorphous SiO 2 phase.
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