Growth of Textured Mullite Fibers Using Polycrystalline Precursors
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.
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