Optical properties of powder and ceramics of aluminium oxynitride obtained by self-propagating high-temperature synthesis
Date
2021
Authors
Akopdzhanyan, T.G.
Kondakov, A.A.
Rupasov, S.I.
Kozlova, A.P.
Pankratov, Vladimir
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Lithuanian Physical Society
Abstract
The synthesis method of aluminium oxynitride (AlON) powders by nitriding of Al/Al2 O3 mixture under high-pressure nitrogen is proposed. The novelty of this method consists in adding KClO4 or Mg(ClO4 )2 and extra Al into the starting mixture (Al+Al2 O3 ) to cause the exothermal aluminium oxidation reaction, which therefore initiates the aluminium nitriding reaction. The microstructure and phase composition of the AlON powders obtained by self-propagating high-temperature synthesis are demonstrated by means of SEM and XRD analysis. Diffuse reflection spectra of AlON powders have been measured and the values of band-gap energy have been calculated. Optical transmission and reflection characteristics of the AlON ceramic samples sintered from AlON powders at 1930°C have been studied. The influence of the technological parameters of ceramics production on their transparency is revealed – the most transparent sample is obtained from the powders synthesized with the Mg(ClO4 )2 additive and sintered for 6 h. © Lietuvos mokslų akademija, 2021.
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The reported study was funded by RFBR according to the Research Project No. 19-08-00655. V.P. acknowledges the State Research Program ‘Aug-stas enerģijas fizika un paātrinātāju tehnoloģijas’ (Projekta Nr. VPP-IZM-CERN-2020/1-0002). The Institute of Solid State Physics, University of Latvia as the Center of Excellence has received funding from the H2020-WIDESPREAD-01-2016-2017-Teaming Phase2 under Grant Agreement No. 739508, Project CAMART2.
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Research Subject Categories::NATURAL SCIENCES , AlON , Aluminium oxynitride , Combustion , Optical properties , Self-propagating high-temperature synthesis , Transparent ceramics