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Optically Transparent Ceramic (Review)

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The fabrication particularities of optically transparent ceramic materials for different applications are examined. The technologies used for compacting and sintering transparent ceramics are described: cold pressing followed by sintering in different media, hot pressing, hot isostatic pressing, spark plasma sintering, and slip casting.

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  1. All-Russia Scientific-Research Institute of Aviation Materials, State Scientific Center of the Russian Federation (VIAM), Moscow, Russia

    A. A. Kachaev, D. V. Grashchenkov, Yu. E. Lebedeva & S. St. Solntsev

  2. National Research Tomsk Polytechnic University (NI TPU), Tomsk, Russia

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Translated from Steklo i Keramika, No. 4, pp. 3 – 10, April, 2016.

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Kachaev, A.A., Grashchenkov, D.V., Lebedeva, Y.E. et al. Optically Transparent Ceramic (Review). Glass Ceram 73, 117–123 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10717-016-9838-3

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