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Study on the anisotropic growth of rod-like Yb α-SiAlON crystals prepared by combustion synthesis

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In this paper, single-phase Yb α-SiAlON powder with rod-like crystals was fabricated by combustion synthesis. The microstructural development of the rod-like α-SiAlON crystals was studied, and anisotropic grain growth was observed. Furthermore, the growth mechanism of the rod-like α-SiAlON crystals was investigated, and the experimental results indicated that during the anisotropic grain growth, the fast growth plane was the basal plane in the hexagonal crystal lattice.

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    Guanghua Liu, Kexin Chen & Heping Zhou

  2. Department of Ceramics and Glass Engineering, CICECO, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, 3810-193, Portugal

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Liu, G., Chen, K., Zhou, H. et al. Study on the anisotropic growth of rod-like Yb α-SiAlON crystals prepared by combustion synthesis. Journal of Materials Research 19, 3408–3413 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1557/JMR.2004.0439

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