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Ultrafine powders of Li2O-Al2O3-SiO2 (LAS) glass-ceramic were prepared by the sol-gel process using tetraethoxysilane, titanium butoxide, lithium, magnesium, aluminium (and zinc) inorganic salts as starting materials. The effect of pH on the sol-gel transition and particle sizes of the Li2O-Al2O3-SiO2 system was studied. The nucleation and crystallization process of LAS powders were also investigated by differential thermal analysis and X-ray diffraction. The results show that a surface nucleation process occurs for ultrafine LAS powders. The LAS glass-ceramics fabricated from ultrafine LAS powders have a low thermal expansion coefficient, α<10×10−7 °C.
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Zhien, L., Yihui, S., Xijiang, D. et al. Preparation and crystallization of ultrafine Li2O-Al2O3-SiO2 powders. JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE 30, 390–394 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00354401
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