Effect of sintering temperature on a single-wall carbon nanotube-toughened alumina-based nanocomposite

• Published in: Scripta materialia Vol. 56; no. 11; pp. 959 - 962
• Main Authors: Jiang, Dongtao, Thomson, Katherine, Kuntz, Joshua D., Ager, Joel W., Mukherjee, Amiya K.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 01.06.2007
• Subjects: Alumina; Aluminum oxide; Carbon; Carbon nanotube; Carbon nanotubes; Nanocomposite; Nanocomposites; Nanomaterials; Nanostructure; Sintering; Spark plasma sintering; Toughening; Toughness; Carbon nanotube; Spark plasma sintering; Nanocomposite; Toughening; Alumina

Spark plasma sintering is used to produce single-walled carbon nanotube-toughened Al 2O 3-based composites that exhibit excellent toughness (6.9–9.7 MPa m 1/2), being at least two times higher than that of single phase alumina. Raman spectroscopy indicates that carbon nanotube cannot be retained at...