Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
5440688 Journal of the European Ceramic Society 2017 10 Pages PDF
Abstract
Stereolithography of UV-curable ceramic suspensions can benefit from the preparation of stable, low viscosity and high solid loading ceramic suspensions without yield stress. Appropriately adding dispersants could optimize the rheological behavior to meet the requirements of stereolithography. In this work, short-chain dicarboxylic acids were utilized to modify the alumina particles and achieve well dispersed ceramic suspensions. The maximum adsorption capacities of dicarboxylic acids were determined by the method of High Performance Liquid Chromatography and the mechanism of surface modification and dispersion was also discussed. Dicarboxylic acids' influence on the rheology behavior was systematically studied. When doses of dicarboxylic acids reach their maximum adsorption capacities, the alumina suspensions would achieve their lowest viscosities and yield stresses. 45 vol% alumina suspension with a viscosity ˂2 Pa s at shear rate 30 s−1 was successfully formulated. A sintering density of 96.5% can be achieved for the sebacic acid-modified alumina UV-curable suspension.
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