Growth of Textured Mullite Fibers Using Polycrystalline Precursors
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description: Mullite whiskers were prepared by HF leaching and templated into polycrystalline mullite fibers by extrusion. Textured growth of mullite fibers with elongated grains, aligned along the long-axis of the fibers, was achieved by heat treatment. Repeated heat treatment cycles of a whisker-templated fiber showed a bamboo-like microstructure. It was confirmed by SEM, TEM and optical microscopy (OM) that the growth direction along the fiber length was the [001] direction of orthorhombic mullite.
abstract: Mullite whiskers were prepared by HF leaching and templated into polycrystalline mullite fibers by extrusion. Textured growth of mullite fibers with elongated grains, aligned along the long-axis of the fibers, was achieved by heat treatment. Repeated heat treatment cycles of a whisker-templated fiber showed a bamboo-like microstructure. It was confirmed by SEM, TEM and optical microscopy (OM) that the growth direction along the fiber length was the [001] direction of orthorhombic mullite.
author: Yoon, Wonki
language: eng
keywords: Engineering, Materials Science
date published: 2015-09-25T20:53:06Z
date modified: 2026-07-22T22:26:20Z
provider: University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign
publisher: Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations
type: WebPage
source organization: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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