Journal of Inorganic Materials

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Mechanical Properties and Microstructure of Layered LaPO4 Ceramics

WANG Rui-Gang; PAN Wei; JIANG Meng-Ning; CHEN Jian; LUO Yong-Ming; CAO Zhen-Zhu   

  1. Department of Materials Science and Engineering; State Key Lab of New Ceramics and Fine Processing Tsinghua University; Beijing 100084; China
  • Received:2002-01-04 Revised:2002-03-08 Published:2003-01-20 Online:2003-01-20

Abstract: Dense and layered LaPO4 ceramics were fabricated by using pressureless sintering, hot pressing and spark plasma sintering . Densification, texture and mechanical properties of LaPO4 ceramics by different sintering routes were characterized . Based on the formation of weak interface of Al2O3 and LaPO4 phase, machinable 40wt%Al2O3/LaPO4 composite having a hardness of 6.3±0.45GPa, was fabricated and characterized by using cemented carbide drill.

Key words: LaPO4, mechanical properties, microstructure, machinable ceramics

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