In the FMAS system the effect of iron on alumina solubility in orthopyroxene has been determined by experiments with crystalline starting mixtures of garnet and orthopyroxene of known initial compositions at 20 kb, 975˚C and 25 kb, 1,200˚C. These data have been modeled to develop a thermodynamic method for the calculation of Al2O3 in orthopyroxene as a function of P, T and composition. The direct application of the alumina solubility data in the MAS system to natural assemblages could lead to significant overestimation of pressure, probably by about 5kb for the relatively common garnet-lherzolites with abot 25 mol per cent Ca + Fe2+ in garnet and about 1 wt. per cent Al2O3 in orthopyroxene since the effect of Fe is similar to that of Ca and Cr3+in reducing the alumina solubility in orthopyroxene in equilibrum with garnet relative to that in the MAS system.

Two-component ceramic (alumina-zirconia) composites were fabricated by a soft-solution process in which polyethylene glycol (PEG) was used as a polymeric carrier. Metal salts and PEG were dissolved in ethyl alcohol without any precipitation in 1:1 volume ratio of alumina and zirconia. In the non-aqueous system, the flammable solvent made explosive, exothermic reaction during drying process. The reaction resulted in formation of volume expanded, porous precursor powders by a vigorous decomposition of organic components in the precursor sol. The PEG content affected the grain size of sintered composites as well as the morphology of precursor powders. The difference of microstructure in sintered composite was attribute to the solubility and homogeneity of metal cations in precursor sol. At the optimum amount of the PEG polymer, the metal ions were dispersed effectively in solution and a homogeneous polymeric network was formed. It made less agglomerated particles in the precursor sol and affected on uniform grain size in sintered composite.

Plastic deformation was observed by TEM around the intragranular SiC particles in the matrix for nanocomposite system. The dislocations are generated at selected planes and there is a tendency for the dislocations to form a subgrain boundary structure with low-angel grain boundaries and networks. In this study, dislocation generated in the matrix during cooling down from sintering temperatures by the highly localized thermal stresses within and/or around SiC particles caused from the thermal expansion mismatch between matrix and SiC particle was observed. In monolithic and microcomposite system. These phenomena is closely related to the plastic relaxation of the elastic stress and strain energy associated with both thermal misfitting inclusions and creep behaviors. The plastic relaxation behavior was explained by combination of yield stress and internal stress.

고온에서 수소 분리 회수를 목적으로 silica/alumina 복합 막을 합성하였다. 막의 선택 투과 성능을 향상시키기 위해, sol-gel법에 의한 silica 및 alumina층을 중간층으로 도입하고, 그 위에 강제유동 CVD법에 의한 silica를 합성하였다. Sol-gel법에 의해 alpha-alumina tube에 합성한 gamma-alumina 및 silica 막은 Knudsen 확산 영역의 많은 mesopore를 포함하고 있어서 수소 선택 분리 막으로는 적합하지 못했다. 하지만, sol-gel법에 의해 합성한 silica/gamma-alumina층에 강제유동 CVD법으로 silica를 합성한 결과, 질소 투과 영역의 세공이 완전히 제거되어, 높은 수소 선택성을 가지는 복합 막이 형성되었다. 그 막은 온도에 따라 수소 투과 속도가 증가하여 450℃에서 5.57times10-8molm2sLPa1의 수소 투과 속도와, 9.52 kJ/mol의 활성화 에너지를 나타냈다. 분자체 효과에 의해 질소 투과가 완전히 배제되고, 수소만 선택적으로 투과되는 silica/alumina 복합막이 성공적으로 합성된다.

Al2O3/ZrO2 비수성 현탁액의 분산과 레올로지에 미치는 methyl isobutyl ketone (MIBK) /ethanol (EtOH) 용매혼합의 영향을 침전밀도, 점도를 측정함으로써 조사하였다. 분산제 'Hypermer' KD-1이 첨가된 다량의 MIBK를 함유하는 용매 (≥60vol%)에서 Al2O3와 ZrO2 입자의 침전밀도는 증가하였다. 80MIBK/20EtOH(vol%)에서 ball milling한 현탁액이 좁고 unimodal한 입자크기분포를 나타내었다. 모든 현탁액은 의가소성유동을 나타내었으나 shear thinning은 Al2O3/ZrO2의 혼합비, MIBK/EtOH의 혼합비에 따라서 다소 다르게 거동하였다. 순수한 MIBK를 사용한 Al2O3(<300 s-1 ) 및 ZrO2(<3000 s-1 ) 현탁액은 주어진 전단속도범위내에서 가장 강한 shear thinning을 나타내었다. 동일한 용매 (80MIBK/20EtOH, vol%)를 사용한 경우의 shear thinning은 Al2O3/ZrO2의 혼합비에 거의 의존하지 않았다.