Advances in Aluminium Titanate

Synthesis, Properties and Applications
Erscheinungsjahr 2026
ISBN: 978-981-9248-23-0
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, 202 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm

This book is an invaluable resource for academics, researchers, and doctoral students who are working on aluminium titanate  (Al2TiO5) and closely related materials based on Al2TiO5. This book is also very useful for designing engineers who deal with the use of aluminium titanate in various industrial applications. Al2TiO5 is an excellent refractory and thermal shock resistant material due to its relatively low thermal expansion coefficient and high melting point. By virtue of these excellent properties, they also have high thermal shock resistance and have practical applications such as diesel particulate filters. However Al2TiO5 is inherently weak due to formation of grain boundary microcracks following sintering, and it suffers from the tyranny of  phase decomposition during service at  between 900-1280°C. The tyranny of weakness and inherent decomposition of Al2TiO5 is a critical issue that must be dealt with to improve its performance in various applications and extreme environment. This book provides insights for mitigating these problems and suggests solutions for improving its mechanical properties and thermal stability. An overview of the thermal stability of Al2TiO5 and its composites is described together with the various factors that contribute to its decomposition. The ability of this material to undergo self-recovery or self-healing after decomposition when it is reheated above 1300°C is brilliantly demonstrated. 

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Low, It Meng

Fachgebiete

• Technische Wissenschaften Verfahrenstechnik | Chemieingenieurwesen | Biotechnologie Keramik- und Glastechnologie
• Technische Wissenschaften Maschinenbau | Werkstoffkunde Technische Mechanik | Werkstoffkunde Werkstoffprüfung
• Technische Wissenschaften Technik Allgemein Nanotechnologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. Literature review.- Chapter 3. Materials and methodology.- Chapter 4. Structure and phase stability.- Chapter 5. Thermal stability of Al2TiO5 - Effect of temperature and annealing time.- Chapter 6. Effect of phase purity, additives or stabilisers.- Chapter 7. Effect of atmosphere.- Chapter 8. Effect of spodumene .- Chapter 9. Effect of grain size.- Chapter 10. Reformation and Self-Recovery in Decomposed Al2TiO5.- Chapter 11. Layer-graded composites: Al2TiO5-Al2O3.- Chapter 12. Layer-graded hybrids: Al2TiO5-Al2O3-mullte and Al2TiO5-ZTA.- Chapter13. Concluding Remarks.

Über Autor(innen)

Prof. I.M. (Jim) Low is the sole author of this book. He gained his B.Eng. and Ph.D. degrees in Materials Engineering from Monash University prior to taking up academic positions first at Auckland University and then Curtin University. He was awarded a Visiting Professorship by the Japanese Ministry of Education to work with Prof. Niihara at Osaka University in 1995/1996. He is a Fellow of the Australian Ceramic Society and serves on the editorial boards of several materials-related journals. He is also the recipient of the prestigious 1996 Joint Australian Ceramic Society/Ceramic Society of Japan Ceramic Award for excellence in ceramics research. Prof. Low has authored or edited more than 11 books and is author of about 300 archival research papers. His h-index is 60 with about 12,000 citations. His research interests include aluminum titanate, composite materials, nanomaterials, photocatalysis, toughening mechanisms and failure micromechanics. He has published numerous papers on aluminium titanate and its composites. He is the first researcher to discover the ability of aluminium titanate to undergo self-recovery following its phase decomposition.