{"title":"Elaboration of Yttrium Aluminum Garnet (YAG) nanopowders and ceramics: Comparison between batch and plug-flow reactor","authors":"Florian Delaunay, Lucie Chrétien, Rémy Boulesteix, Alexandre Maître","doi":"10.1016/j.oceram.2024.100675","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In this study YAG (Y<sub>3</sub>Al<sub>5</sub>O<sub>12</sub>) nanopowders have been synthetized by a reverse co-precipitation method with two different designs of reactors: batch and plug-flow. The impact of both the reactor design and the synthesis temperature on the features of nanopowders so-synthetized was studied. The reactor design governs the pH evolution and precipitation kinetics during synthesis. Correlations were found between the reactor design and nanopowders stoichiometry and morphology. The plug-flow reactor allows obtaining homogeneous, well-crystallized and single-phased YAG nanopowders after calcination. Then, the sintering ability of as-obtained nanopowders was investigated. Fully dense YAG-based ceramics were obtained with the nanopowders made from the plug-flow reactor by combining uniaxial pressing and sintering at 1700 °C. Finally, a plug-flow reactor with very simple and inexpensive design would allow easier upscale of the synthesis process of YAG-based nanopowders with well-controlled morphology and stoichiometry. As a result, YAG based transparent ceramic were obtained without sintering additive.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":34140,"journal":{"name":"Open Ceramics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.9000,"publicationDate":"2024-09-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Open Ceramics","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666539524001391","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"MATERIALS SCIENCE, CERAMICS","Score":null,"Total":0}
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In this study YAG (Y3Al5O12) nanopowders have been synthetized by a reverse co-precipitation method with two different designs of reactors: batch and plug-flow. The impact of both the reactor design and the synthesis temperature on the features of nanopowders so-synthetized was studied. The reactor design governs the pH evolution and precipitation kinetics during synthesis. Correlations were found between the reactor design and nanopowders stoichiometry and morphology. The plug-flow reactor allows obtaining homogeneous, well-crystallized and single-phased YAG nanopowders after calcination. Then, the sintering ability of as-obtained nanopowders was investigated. Fully dense YAG-based ceramics were obtained with the nanopowders made from the plug-flow reactor by combining uniaxial pressing and sintering at 1700 °C. Finally, a plug-flow reactor with very simple and inexpensive design would allow easier upscale of the synthesis process of YAG-based nanopowders with well-controlled morphology and stoichiometry. As a result, YAG based transparent ceramic were obtained without sintering additive.