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Synthesis of Rare-Earth-Based Oxides for the Ceramic Industry: From Laboratory to Pilot Plant

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 February 2011

U. Balachandran
Affiliation:
Materials and Components Technology Division Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL 60439
S. E. Donris
Affiliation:
Materials and Components Technology Division Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL 60439
M. T. Lanagan
Affiliation:
Materials and Components Technology Division Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL 60439
R. B. Poeppel
Affiliation:
Materials and Components Technology Division Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL 60439
J. M. Tourre
Affiliation:
Fine Inorganic Chemicals Division Rhöne-Poulenc, Inc., Cranbury, NJ 08512
J. W. Golowski
Affiliation:
Fine Inorganic Chemicals Division Rhöne-Poulenc, Inc., Cranbury, NJ 08512
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Abstract

A wide variety of compounds, e.g., superconductors, chromites, and manganites, can be synthesized by spray drying a mixture of salts or a combination of salts and sols in a flash dryer. The process ensures good control of stoichiometry, morphology, particle size, and surface area. Appropriate particle-growth and synthesis heat treatments of these fine powders have been conducted, and the resultant powders have been evaluated for possible applications in fuel cells and superconductors. The process has been scaled up to a pilot-plant capacity of ≈40 kg per day.

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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1992

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