@article{
author = "Omerašević, Mia and Kocjan, Andraž and Bučevac, Dušan",
year = "2021",
abstract = "Cordierite-acicular mullite composites containing 0, 25, 50, 75 and 100 wt% of mullite were fabricated from waste MoSi2 and commercial powders of Al2O3 and spinel (MgAl2O4). Careful oxidation of pulverised waste MoSi2 rendered a precursor mixture of MoO3 and amorphous SiO2, which served as pore forming agent and SiO2 source, respectively. Evaporation of MoO3 at ∼750 °C allowed production of highly porous cordierite-mullite ceramic composite after sintering in air at 1350 °C for 4 h. The combination of equiaxed cordierite grains and elongated (prism-like) mullite grains, resulted in unique microstructure with open porosity between 53.3 and 55.6 vol% which makes the obtained composite convenient for application as diesel particulate filter material. The presence of mullite affected four key thermo-mechanical properties which determine the thermal shock resistance of cordierite-mullite composite. The best thermal shock resistance was measured in composite containing 75 wt% of mullite. It was a result of improved thermal conductivity (1.081 W/mK) and bending strength (3.62 MPa) and relatively low values of coefficient of thermal expansion (3.8 × 10−6 K−1) and elastic modulus (2.27 GPa).",
journal = "Ceramics International",
title = "Novel cordierite-acicular mullite composite for diesel particulate filters",
doi = "10.1016/j.ceramint.2021.10.005"
}