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Various methods can be applied to introduce additives to ceramic materials. Of these methods, mechanical mixing may not always be suitable to obtain a uniform distribution of the small quantities of additive within the structure, requiring colloidal methods to be applied for the purpose. The addition of manganese oxide to alumina powder has been studied using a colloidal method. The effect of the manganese addition on alumina microstructure and the later stages of the densification behaviour was investigated, together with the hardness and mechanical strength. No evidence of secondary phase formation was detected between the manganese cation and alumina powder for up to 0.5wt% manganese addition, suggesting that manganese is in solid solution with alumina. The microstructural evidence presented suggests that small quantities of a manganese addition to alumina enhance the densification process through the formation of fast diffusion paths within the crystalline structure, similar to the effect of TiO2 addition.
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Toy, C., Demirci, M., Onurlu, S. et al. A colloidal method for manganese oxide addition to alumina powder and investigation of properties. JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE 30, 4183–4187 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00360728
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