Sol-gel synthesis and characterization of alumina-15%mullite composite nanopowder

Subject Areas : Ceramics

Ali Sedaghat ¹ , E. Taheri-Nassaj ² , G. Soraru ³ , R. Ceccatob ⁴ , T. Ebadzadeh ⁵

1 - Department of Ceramic, Material and Energy Research Center, karaj, Iran.
2 - Department of Materials Engineering, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran.
3 - Department of Materials Engineering and Industrial Technology, University of Trento, Trento, Italy.
4 - Department of Materials Engineering and Industrial Technology, University of Trento, Trento, Italy.
5 - Department of Ceramic, Material and Energy Research Center, karaj, Iran.

Received: 2013-12-11 Accepted : 2014-01-11 Published : 2014-02-01

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