Study of the Effect of Two Phases in Li4SiO4–Li2SiO3 Ceramics on the Strength and Thermophysical Parameters


Kozlovskiy A. Shlimas D.I. Zdorovets M.V. Moskina A. Pankratov V. Popov A.I.
October 2022MDPI

Nanomaterials
2022#12Issue 20

The paper studies the effect of Li2SiO3/Li4SiO4 phase formation in lithium-containing ceramics on the strength and thermophysical characteristics of lithium-containing ceramics, which have great prospects for use as blanket materials for tritium propagation. During the phase composition analysis of the studied ceramics using the X-ray diffraction method, it was found that an increase in the lithium component during synthesis leads to the formation of an additional orthorhombic Li2SiO3 phase, and the main phase in ceramics is the monoclinic Li4SiO4 phase. An analysis of the morphological features of the synthesized ceramics showed that an increase in the Li2SiO3 impurity phase leads to ceramic densification and the formation of impurity grains near grain boundaries and joints. During determination of the strength characteristics of the studied ceramics, a positive effect of an increase in the Li2SiO3 impurity phase and dimensional factors on the strengthening and increase in the resistance to external influences during compression of ceramics was established. During tests for resistance to long-term thermal heating, it was found that for two-phase ceramics, the decrease in strength and thermophysical characteristics after 500 h of annealing was less than 5%, which indicates a high resistance and stability of these ceramics in comparison with single-phase orthosilicate ceramics.

blankets , hardness , lithium orthosilicate , lithium-containing ceramics , phase composition , strength

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Engineering Profile Laboratory, L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University, Nur-Sultan, 010000, Kazakhstan
Laboratory of Solid State Physics, The Institute of Nuclear Physics of Republic of Kazakhstan, Almaty, 050032, Kazakhstan
Institute of Solid State Physics, University of Latvia, Riga, LV-1063, Latvia

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