Journal of Inorganic Materials, Volume. 39, Issue 7, 741(2024)

Progress of Ultra-high Temperature Oxide Ceramics: Laser Additive Manufacturing and Microstructure Evolution

Qian CHEN, Haijun SU, Hao JIANG, Zhonglin SHEN, Minghui YU, and Zhuo ZHANG
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Principle of selective laser melting (SLM) and as-prepared oxide ceramic samples
Principle of laser directed energy deposition (LDED) and as-prepared oxide ceramic samples
Microstructures of single-phase oxide ceramics prepared by LDED
Typical microstructure morphologies of cross/longitudinal sections of LAM fabricated oxide eutectic ceramics
Microstructure of Al2O3/ZrO2 eutectic ceramic and corresponding crystallographic orientation[43]
Microstructure and orientation evolution of Al2O3/YAG eutectic ceramic along deposition direction[37]
Microstructures of Al2O3/ZrO2 parts with different ZrO2 contents[49-50]
Microstructures at top region of the Al2O3/GAP eutectic ceramics under different scanning rates[36]
Micro-morphologies of the Al2O3/ZrO2 eutectic ceramics with different ultrasonic powers[57]
  • Table 1. Lasers for LAM and their characteristics[19]

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    Table 1. Lasers for LAM and their characteristics[19]

    Laser typeCO2 laser Nd: YAG laser Yb-fiber laser
    Wavelength/μm10.61.061.07
    Efficiency/%5-201-310-30
    Output power/kW~20~16~10
    Beam quality factor3-50.4-200.3-4
    Preferred materialCeramic/polymerMetalMetal
  • Table 2. Comparison of process characteristics of SLM and LDED[32]

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    Table 2. Comparison of process characteristics of SLM and LDED[32]

    ProcessPreferred laserPower/WBuilding rate /(cm3·min-1) Dimensional accuracy/mm Surface roughness/μm Application
    SLMNd: YAG laser/fiber laser50-10001.30.04-0.27-20High precision and small scale component
    LDEDCO2 laser100-300011.50.5-1.04-10Large scale component
  • Table 3. Entropy of different phases in eutectic and corresponding growth manner[35-36]

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    Table 3. Entropy of different phases in eutectic and corresponding growth manner[35-36]

    PhaseEntropy/(J·mol-1·K-1) Jackson factorGrowth manner
    Al2O3485.74Faceted
    GAP16.51.9Non-faceted
    YAG12214.72Faceted
    ZrO2303.55Weak faceted
  • Table 4. Crystal orientation relationship of the oxide eutectic ceramics by different preparation methods

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    Table 4. Crystal orientation relationship of the oxide eutectic ceramics by different preparation methods

    Eutectic systemPreparation methodCrystal orientation relationship
    Al2O3/YAG/ZrO2Laser directed energy deposition[43]Optical floating zone method[44][0001]Al2O3∥[001]YAG∥[001]ZrO2<11¯00>Al2O3∥<001>YAG∥<001>ZrO2
    Al2O3/ZrO2Laser directed energy deposition[35]Laser floating zone method[45][112¯0]Al2O3∥[001]ZrO2[022¯1]Al2O3∥[111]ZrO2
    Al2O3/YAGBridgman[46]Laser directed energy deposition[37][101¯0]Al2O3∥[101]YAG[101¯0]Al2O3∥[111]YAG
  • Table 5. Comparison of mechanical properties among different oxide ceramics prepared by different LAM technologies

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    Table 5. Comparison of mechanical properties among different oxide ceramics prepared by different LAM technologies

    MaterialHardness/GPaFracture toughness/(MPa·m1/2) Flexural strength/MPaPreparation method
    Al2O31618.91/3.55/350Sintering[64]LDED[65]
    ZrO2(Y2O3)19.80//LDED[34]
    Al2O3/ZrO2/15.3/18.59/6.037.8/6.527.67/8.70525/538//Sintering[66]DS[67]SLM[68]LDED[63]LDED (ultrasonic assisted/C fiber)[57,61]
    Al2O3/GAP23.3617.115.163.124.54.3///DS[69]SLM[36]LDED[70]
    Al2O3/TiO216.383.75212LDED[47]
    Al2O3/SiO211.1018.3918.642.543.073.54350310504Sintering[71]LDED[52]LDED (heat treatment)[48]
    Al2O3/YAG17.5017.3521.503.603.145.86///DS[72]LDED[73]LDED (water cooling)[60]
    Al2O3/GAP/ZrO217.5017.9015.306.508.507.80485//Sintering[74]DS[75]SLM[25]
    Al2O3/YAG/ZrO215.8018.903.903.84//DS[76]LDED[35]
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Qian CHEN, Haijun SU, Hao JIANG, Zhonglin SHEN, Minghui YU, Zhuo ZHANG. Progress of Ultra-high Temperature Oxide Ceramics: Laser Additive Manufacturing and Microstructure Evolution[J]. Journal of Inorganic Materials, 2024, 39(7): 741

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Received: Dec. 5, 2023

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Published Online: Aug. 30, 2024

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DOI:10.15541/jim20230560

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