Abstract
Potassium titanate whisker (PTW) is an advance material. The method of the large scale manufacturing PTW is a bottleneck in the application of this material. Hydration of the sinter is the key step of the PTW synthesis. In the present work, ionic exchange equilibrium and mass balance in the hydration are integrated to establish a predictive model describing the conditions of the hydration process. The results show that the aimed product can be controlled mainly by pH during hydration. The amount of water (V0) is reduced to 1/10 comparing with the literature. The pH and water volume are both controlled easily in a large scale production.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Composite Technologies for 2020 |
Subtitle of host publication | Proceedings of the Fourth Asian-Australasian Conference on Composite Materials (ACCM 4) |
Publisher | Elsevier |
Pages | 823-827 |
Number of pages | 5 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9781855738317 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 1 Jun 2004 |