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Singular Grain Boundaries in Alumina and Their Roughening Transition

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Author(s)

C W. Park, D C. Yoon, J Blendell, C A. Handwerker

Abstract

The shapes and structures of grain boundaries formed between the basal (0001) surface of large alumina grains and randomly oriented small alumina grains are shown to depend on the additions of SiO2, CaO, and MgO. If a sapphire crystal is sintered at 1620 degrees C in contact with high purity alumina powder, the grain boundaries formed between the (0001) sapphire surface and the small alumina grains are curved and do not show any hill-and-valley structure when observed under transmission electron microscopy (TEM).These observations indicate that the grain boundaries are atomicallly rough.
Citation
Journal of the American Ceramic Society
Pub Type
Journals

Keywords

abnormal grain growth, alumina, grain boundary roughening transition, singular grain boundaries, SiO2, CaO, MgO addition
Ceramics and Biomaterials

Citation

Park, C. , Yoon, D. , Blendell, J. and Handwerker, C. (2003), Singular Grain Boundaries in Alumina and Their Roughening Transition, Journal of the American Ceramic Society (Accessed April 25, 2025)

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Created March 31, 2003, Updated October 12, 2021