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Author(s): Hai-Doo Kim, In-Hyuck Song, Mi-Jin Kim, Young-Wook Kim

Keywords: ceramics, cross linking, foaming, foams, microcellular cordierite ceramics, microspheres, polysiloxane, porosity, porous material, strength

Abstract: Researchers have developed an innovative processing route for producing microcellular cordierite ceramics within a three-step method. A) constructing ceramic-filled foams by heating a mixture of polysiloxane, expandable microspheres, talc, and alumina B) cross-linking the foamed body, and C) with the use of sintering, convert the body into microcellular cordierite ceramics.

Reference: Scripta Materialia, 54, (2006), pp. 1521-1525

DOI: 10.1016/j.scriptamat.2005.12.039