Firing sol-gel alumina particles

摘要

PCT No. PCT/US96/04137 Sec. 371 Date Oct. 31, 1997 Sec. 102(e) Date Oct. 31, 1997 PCT Filed Mar. 27, 1996 PCT Pub. No. WO96/32226 PCT Pub. Date Oct. 17, 1996Sol-gel alumina that is dried but unfired can be explosively comminuted by feeding the dried gel into a furnace held at temperatures above those at which vaporizable materials are eliminated from the particles of gel. At suitably elevated temperatures the firing is sufficient to form fully densified alpha alumina particles of a size suitable for direct use as abrasive grits.