Lamellar porous alumina scaffolds with the initial solid loadings of 20, 25, and 30 vol% were prepared by freeze casting using 5 μm alumina powders. With the addition of 3 wt% MgO-A1203-SiO2 nanopowders in a eutectic...Lamellar porous alumina scaffolds with the initial solid loadings of 20, 25, and 30 vol% were prepared by freeze casting using 5 μm alumina powders. With the addition of 3 wt% MgO-A1203-SiO2 nanopowders in a eutectic composition as sintering aid, the maximum compressive strength of the sintered scaffolds reached (64 -4- 2) MPa after sintering at 1,773 K for 2 h. The lamellar porous scaffolds were then filled with a molten Al-12Si-10 Mg alloy (in wt%) by pressureless infiltration at 1,223 K in a N2 atmosphere, yielding the shell-like structure of the composites. The compressive strength of the upper part composite with the initial 30 vol% solid loading reached (1,190 ±50) MPa, which was about 3.5 times as large as that of the matrix alloy.展开更多
基金financially supported by National Basic Research Program of China (No.2012CB619600)
文摘Lamellar porous alumina scaffolds with the initial solid loadings of 20, 25, and 30 vol% were prepared by freeze casting using 5 μm alumina powders. With the addition of 3 wt% MgO-A1203-SiO2 nanopowders in a eutectic composition as sintering aid, the maximum compressive strength of the sintered scaffolds reached (64 -4- 2) MPa after sintering at 1,773 K for 2 h. The lamellar porous scaffolds were then filled with a molten Al-12Si-10 Mg alloy (in wt%) by pressureless infiltration at 1,223 K in a N2 atmosphere, yielding the shell-like structure of the composites. The compressive strength of the upper part composite with the initial 30 vol% solid loading reached (1,190 ±50) MPa, which was about 3.5 times as large as that of the matrix alloy.