TY - JOUR A1 - Simon, Sebastian A1 - Gluth, Gregor ED - Rossignol, S. ED - Gluth, Gregor T1 - Unraveling the hardening mechanism during laser-induced slip casting of lithium aluminate-microsilica slurry JF - Open Ceramics N2 - Additive manufacturing (AM) of alkali-activated materials is a promising method for producing ceramic precursors, construction elements and other parts. A recently introduced AM process is laser-induced slip casting of lithium aluminate/microsilica slurries, which yields parts with excellent mechanical strengths. To clarify the underlying mechanisms, μ-Raman spectroscopy was applied to parts produced by the process, and the dissolution and hydration of lithium aluminate was studied inter alia using conventional and in-situ X-ray diffraction. The results show that significant dissolution of lithium aluminate occurs, particularly at increased temperatures during laser interaction, which leads to an increase of pH and precipitation of an akopovaite-like Li-Al-CO3 layered double hydroxide. The increase of the pH is likely to induce dissolution of the microsilica and possibly formation of a hydrous lithium aluminosilicate gel. These observations explain the strength evolution of the studied parts and can also aid the development and improvement of related AM methods. KW - Alkali-activated materials KW - Additive manufacturing KW - Laser-induced slip casting KW - Lithium KW - Layered double hydroxide PY - 2021 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-520557 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oceram.2021.100060 SN - 2666-5395 VL - 5 IS - Special issue: Alkali-activated materials and geopolymers in ceramics and beyond SP - 1 EP - 7 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam AN - OPUS4-52055 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Hlavacek, Petr A1 - Gluth, Gregor A1 - Lüchtenborg, Jörg A1 - Sturm, Patrick A1 - Mühler, T. A1 - Kühne, Hans-Carsten A1 - Günster, Jens T1 - A Novel Approach to Additive Manufacturing of Alkali-activated Materials: Laser-induced Slip Casting (LIS) of Lithium Aluminate/Silica Slurries JF - Ceramics in Modern Technologies N2 - Additive manufacturing of alkali-activated materials currently attracts a lot of attention, because of the possibility to produce customized high-performance elements for a range of applications, potentially being more resource-efficient than conventionally produced parts. Here, we describe a new additive manufacturing process for alkali-activated materials that is based on selective laser-heating of lithium aluminate/microsilica slurries. The new process-material combination allows to manufacture elements with complex geometries at high building rates and high accuracy. The process is versatile and transferrable to structures of sizes differing by orders of magnitude. The mechanical strength of the obtained materials was in the range of values reported for conventional metakaolin-based geopolymers, and superior to what has been hitherto reported for alkali-activated materials produced by additive manufacturing. This mechanical performance was obtained despite the fact that the degree of reaction of the lithium aluminate and the microsilica was low, suggesting that significant reactions took place only at the surface of the microsilica particles. KW - Laser-induced slip casting KW - Alkali-activated materials KW - Additive manufacturing PY - 2019 DO - https://doi.org/10.29272/cmt.2018.0011 SN - 2612-4882 VL - 1 IS - 2 SP - 138 EP - 144 PB - Techna Group AN - OPUS4-49142 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -