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Extrusion Rheology and Structure of Alumina - Silicon Carbiide Composites

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 February 2011

S Blackburn
S Blackburn*
Affiliation:
Interdisciplinary Research Centre in Materials for High Performance Applications and School of Chemical Engineering, The University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B 15 2TT, United Kingdom.
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Abstract

Silicon carbide fibre reinforced alumina compacts were formed by extrusion. The powder and fibre were pre-mixed and milled before high shear kneading to produce a homogeneous dispersion of up to 30 vol% chopped SiC fibre with high green density. The rheology of the paste was characterised using a physically based model. It is demonstrated that the pressure drop and constituent paste parameters are all systematically reduced with increasing fibre loadings for a given moisture content. It is suggested that particle packing theory in combination with fibre interactions within the paste and die system offers an explanation for the observed results.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 289: Symposium M – Flow and Microstructure of Dense Suspensions , 1992 , 135
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1993

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