Journal of Inorganic Materials, Volume. 38, Issue 12, 1483(2023)
Transparent ceramic materials have excellent strength, hardness and optical properties, which have important application prospect in light-weight transparent protective armor. However, the preparation of transparent ceramic components with large protection area and high transmittance properties is the main challenge to achieve application. In this work, large-size yttrium aluminum garnet (Y3Al5O12, abbreviated as YAG) transparent ceramics with low deformation and excellent optical quality were fabricated by reactive sintering in vacuum using domestic high-purity Al2O3 and Y2O3 powders as starting materials, and the key technologies including dry pressing, calcining, high-temperature vacuum sintering and optical performance were broken through. In addition, as the upgrading of molding and sintering equipment, the dimension of YAG transparent ceramic was enlarged to 1040 mm×810 mm×15 mm, laying a substantial foundation for future applications.
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Dewen WANG, Junping WANG, Houcheng YUAN, Zhang LIU, Jin ZHOU, Jiajie DENG, Xin WANG, Benhua WU, Jian ZHANG, Shiwei WANG.
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Received: Aug. 16, 2023
Accepted: --
Published Online: Mar. 6, 2024
The Author Email: YUAN Houcheng (yuanhoucheng@tiemao.cn), ZHANG Jian (jianzhang@mail.sic.ac.cn)