

The surface of Al 2 O 3 has long been known to rearrange when provided enough thermal energy, and the first observation of a stable (31 × 31)R±9° surface reconstruction was already made in the late 1960s (4, 5).Since then, many research groups have tried to elucidate the details of Al 2 O 3 surfaces using diffraction (6–8), spectroscopy (9, 10), noncontact atomic …





Al2O3 is Corundum structured and crystallizes in the trigonal R-3c space group. The structure is three-dimensional. Al3+ is bonded to six equivalent O2- atoms to form a mixture of corner, edge, and face-sharing AlO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 48–60°. There is three shorter (1.87 Å) and three longer (1.99 ...



The product is basic activated aluminum oxide (Alumina, Al 2 O 3) having an activity grade Brockman I.The mechanism of formation of protective scales of α-Al 2 O 3 on surfaces of binary M-Al (M = Fe, Ni or Co) alloys at high temperatures has been studied. Activated aluminum oxides having different acidities and water concentrations (having Brockmann activity I-V) can easily …









The formation mechanism of metal oxide films is very important to nanomanufacturing and microelectronic devices. We have prepared the aluminum oxide (Al 2 O 3) films with the thicknesses ranging from 1 to 30 nm by using atomic layer deposition technology.By investigating their morphologies and optoelectrical properties, we found that the …







2.1 Production of Alumina-Based Thermal Barrier Coatings. The production method of producing TBC is important for controlling the microstructure of the coating. Different types of production methods are used for producing alumina-based TBC such as air plasma spraying (APS) [12, 13, 15, 16], electron beam physical vapor deposition (EB-PVD) [17, 18], and …



Aluminum oxide, or more commonly called alumina, is a chemical compound with a chemical formula of Al 2 O 3.It is generally white or clear in appearance with a melting point of 2,072°C, a vapor pressure of 10-4 Torr at 1,550°C, and a density of 3.97 g/cc. It is most commonly found in nature as the mineral corundum, from which ruby and sapphire are derived.







Corundum distinctively surpasses all other oxides in terms of hardness (H) and also has a very high compressive strength (σ c).Its ultimate flexural (σ f) and tensile (σ t) strength values, as well as crack resistance (K 1c) are lower than those of some oxides, such as ZrO 2.The wear resistance of polycrystalline Al 2 O 3 (dense corundum ceramics) surpasses that …







The glass samples were prepared by the conventional melt quenching technique. The glass compositions and numbers are shown in Table 1.The sample number is RMA-N Si, where R is the n[MgO]/n[Al 2 O 3] ratio and N Si is the molar percentage value of SiO 2.After mixing the raw materials uniformly, the raw material powder was put in a muffle furnace for pre …



The article presents the results of modeling and analysis of thermal processes during plasma spraying of Al₂O₃-Al composite coatings. Modeling was carried out for composite particles with spherical symmetry, taking into account the influence of phase transitions during the melting and evaporation of dissimilar materials in the aluminum-aluminum oxide system and various …











The use of large area thin films on different surfaces to protect them or to improve the functional properties in their field of use, is increasingly common nowadays. In this paper, the thin film of Al2O3 is designed to function as protective layer with hardness and the modulus of elasticity as high as possible. This study adds value to the existing knowledge on …


