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Spray freeze-drying of zirconia nanopowder
thesis
posted on 2018-09-06, 11:40 authored by Bala P.C. RaghupathyIndustrial exploitation of ceramic nanopowders is inhibited by their
poor flowability and strong tendency to agglomerate. To achieve good
flowability and die-filling characteristics, controlled agglomeration is
required whilst the strength of the agglomerates is minimised so that they
crush into primary particles when die pressed. Yttria stabilised zirconia
nanopowders with a primary particle size of ~16 nm were obtained
through different drying routes from an aqueous suspension and
characterised in terms of flowability and agglomerate strength. [Continues.]
Funding
EPSRC.
History
School
- Aeronautical, Automotive, Chemical and Materials Engineering
Department
- Materials
Publisher
© Bala RaghupathyPublisher statement
This work is made available according to the conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) licence. Full details of this licence are available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/Publication date
2007Notes
A Doctoral Thesis. Submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the award of Doctor of Philosophy at Loughborough University.Language
- en