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Journal of Advanced Ceramics 2023, 12(1): 24-35 https://doi.org/10.26599/JAC.2023.9220663
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Development of lutetium oxide continuous fibers with excellent mechanical properties

Show Author's Information Yongshuai XIEa,b,  Ying PENGb,  Youmei WANGb,  Dehua MAb,  Yuan CHENGa,  Luyi ZHUb( ),  Jiecai HANa,  Xinghong ZHANGa( )
National Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Advanced Composites in Special Environments, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, China
State Key Laboratory of Crystal Materials, Institute of Crystal Materials, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, China
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tensile strength, flexible, lutetium oxide (Lu2O3), continuous fibers, temperature resistance
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XIE Y, PENG Y, WANG Y, et al. Development of lutetium oxide continuous fibers with excellent mechanical properties. Journal of Advanced Ceramics, 2023, 12(1): 24-35. https://doi.org/10.26599/JAC.2023.9220663
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The difficulty of reducing the diameter of lutetium oxide (Lu2O3) continuous fibers below 50 μm not only limits the flexibility of the sample but also seriously affects their application and development in high-energy lasers. In this work, a Lu-containing precursor with high ceramic yield was used as raw material, fiberized into precursor fibers by dry spinning. The pressure-assisted water vapor pretreatment (PAWVT) method was creatively proposed, and the effect of pretreatment temperature on the ceramization behavior of the precursor fibers was studied. By regulating the decomposition behavior of organic components in the precursor, the problem of fiber pulverization during heat treatment was effectively solved, and the Lu2O3 continuous fibers with a diameter of 40 μm were obtained. Compared with the current reported results, the diameter was reduced by about 50%, successfully breaking through the diameter limitation of Lu2O3 continuous fibers. In addition, the tensile strength, elastic modulus, flexibility, and temperature resistance of Lu2O3 continuous fibers were researched for the first time. The tensile strength and elastic modulus of Lu2O3 continuous fibers were 373.23 MPa and 31.55 GPa, respectively. The as-obtained flexible Lu2O3 continuous fibers with a limit radius of curvature of 3.5–4.5 mm had a temperature resistance of not lower than 1300 ℃, which established a solid foundation for the expansion of their application form in the field of high-energy lasers.


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Development of lutetium oxide continuous fibers with excellent mechanical properties

Show Author's information Yongshuai XIEa,b, Ying PENGb, Youmei WANGb, Dehua MAb, Yuan CHENGa, Luyi ZHUb( ), Jiecai HANa, Xinghong ZHANGa( )
National Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Advanced Composites in Special Environments, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, China
State Key Laboratory of Crystal Materials, Institute of Crystal Materials, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, China

Abstract

The difficulty of reducing the diameter of lutetium oxide (Lu2O3) continuous fibers below 50 μm not only limits the flexibility of the sample but also seriously affects their application and development in high-energy lasers. In this work, a Lu-containing precursor with high ceramic yield was used as raw material, fiberized into precursor fibers by dry spinning. The pressure-assisted water vapor pretreatment (PAWVT) method was creatively proposed, and the effect of pretreatment temperature on the ceramization behavior of the precursor fibers was studied. By regulating the decomposition behavior of organic components in the precursor, the problem of fiber pulverization during heat treatment was effectively solved, and the Lu2O3 continuous fibers with a diameter of 40 μm were obtained. Compared with the current reported results, the diameter was reduced by about 50%, successfully breaking through the diameter limitation of Lu2O3 continuous fibers. In addition, the tensile strength, elastic modulus, flexibility, and temperature resistance of Lu2O3 continuous fibers were researched for the first time. The tensile strength and elastic modulus of Lu2O3 continuous fibers were 373.23 MPa and 31.55 GPa, respectively. The as-obtained flexible Lu2O3 continuous fibers with a limit radius of curvature of 3.5–4.5 mm had a temperature resistance of not lower than 1300 ℃, which established a solid foundation for the expansion of their application form in the field of high-energy lasers.

Keywords: tensile strength, flexible, lutetium oxide (Lu2O3), continuous fibers, temperature resistance

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Received: 29 June 2022
Revised: 14 September 2022
Accepted: 22 September 2022
Published: 07 December 2022
Issue date: January 2023

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This research was financially supported by the Key Program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 52032003), the National Natural Science for Youth Foundation of China (Nos. 52102093 and 52202090), the Shandong University Young Scholars Program (No. 2016WLJH27), the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (No. 2082019014), the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (No. 2021M690817), and the Heilongjiang Provincial Postdoctoral Science Foundation (Nos. LBH-Z21050 and LBH-Z20144).

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