New doped boro-phosphate vitreous materials, as nano-powders and nano-structured thin films, with high optical and magnetic properties, for photonics

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Sintering behaviour of a ZnO waste powder obtained as by-product from brass smelting

Publication . Sequeira, S. I. H.; Monteiro, R. C. C.; CENIMAT-i3N - Centro de Investigação de Materiais (Lab. Associado I3N); DCM - Departamento de Ciência dos Materiais; ELSEVIER SCI LTD

The effect of two sintering methods (conventional sintering and two-step sintering) and of alumina addition on the sintering behaviour of a ZnO-rich waste powder (ZnO > 95 wt%), a by-product from brass smelting industry, was studied aiming to improve the sintered density and grain size. Both conventional sintering and two-step sintering methods did not lead to fully dense powder compacts, as densification was conditioned by abnormal grain growth and the particle size of the ZnO-rich residue. When two-step sintering was used the grain growth was reduced comparatively to conventional sintering method. The highest relative sintered density (about 90%) was achieved when samples of ZnO waste and samples of ZnO waste with 2 wt% added Al2O3 were processed by two-step sintering and corresponded to a mean grain size of around 18 µm and 7 µm, respectively. XRD and SEM results indicated that alumina addition helped to inhibit grain growth due to the formation of gahnite spinel (ZnAl2O4) precipitates in the grain boundaries of zincite (ZnO) grains.

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M-ERA.NET/0010/2012