Advances in Materials Science and Engineering

Research Article

Optimization of Alumina Slurry for Oxide-Oxide Ceramic Composites Manufactured by Injection Molding

Table 1

B33 suspension preparation with change in PVA and acid content. B33 base concentration contains 0.17 wt% acid and 3.80 wt% PVA.


	PVA content					Acid content
#	Ratio	wt% acid in H₂O	wt% acid¹	wt% PVA¹	#	Ratio	wt% acid in H₂O	wt% acid¹	wt% PVA¹

B33-PVA0	0	0.51	0.17	0	B33-AC0	0	0.00	0.00	3.80
B33-PVA0.5	0.5	0.51	0.17	1.93	B33-AC0.25	0.25	0.13	0.04	3.80
B33 (ref)	1	0.51	0.17	3.80	B33-AC0.5	0.5	0.26	0.08	3.80
B33-PVA2	2	0.51	0.16	7.31	B33 (ref)	1	0.51	0.17	3.80
B33-PVA5	5	0.51	0.15	16.48	B33-AC1.5	1.5	0.76	0.25	3.80
					B33-AC2	2	1.02	0.33	3.80

: reference formulation, with base = PVA or acid. Reference formula corresponds to 1 in ratio column; based on total weight of the slurry.