Highly-transparent trivalent erbium ion doped calcium fluoride (5 mol % Er:CaF2) ceramics were fabricated by a hotpressing (HP) method using high-purity Er:CaF2 nanoparticles, which were synthesized by co-precipitation method. The mean grain size of the nanoparticles was about 24.7 nm. The nanoparticles were sintered at 600 respectively, for 30 min under a uniaxial pressure of 30 MPa and vacuum of 10-3 Pa with 1 mol % lithium fluoride (LiF) as sintering additive. The 5 mol % Er:CaF2 ceramics sintered at 800 C exhibits high density and pore-free microstructure with an average grain size of about 8 μm. The optical transmittance of the transparent ceramics is close to 85 % at visible and nearinfrared wavelengths. The strong and broad absorptions peaks corresponding to characteristic absorption of trivalent erbium ions make the ceramics a potential candidate for infrared and upconversion laser operating.
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Dense bulk Cr2AlC was synthesized by hot-pressing of Cr, Cr3C2 and Al powders as starting materials.The phase composition was determined by X-ray diffraction (XRD), the microstructures of the samples were observed with a scanning electron microscope (SEM) and thermal, electrical as well as the mechanical properties at and above room temperature were determined. The results showed that Cr2AlC grains have columnar and plate-like shapes, and that it is a good electrical and thermal conductor.
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