Processing of calcium metaphosphate-based glass-ceramic coatings on alumina

K. J. Vaidya, L. F. Francis

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Abstract

Dense, crystalline, glass-ceramic coatings containing calcium metaphosphate and aluminum phosphate were prepared on aluminum oxide substrates by a three-step method. The processing involved glass (40 mol % CaO, 10 mol % Al2O3, 50 mol % P2O5) formation, deposition of a glass particle coating, and heat treatment to sinter the glass and crystallize the phosphates, Sintering and microstructure evolution were influenced by wet coating thickness, heat-treatment temperature, time, and heating rate. Heat treatment for 1 h at 725 °C using a 50 °C/min heating rate was found to give a dense, crack-free coating. The resultant coating microstructure has spherulitic morphology (0.3 μm size) with aluminum phosphate in the center of the spherulite. The hardness of the fully crystallized glass-ceramic coating was ∼5.2 GPa.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)100-109
Number of pages10
JournalJournal of Materials Research
Volume11
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 1996

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Funding Information:
The McKnight Foundation and the National Science Foundation (DMR-9357502) are gratefully acknowledged.

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