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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 04, 1978
Filed:
Jul. 11, 1977
William H Rhodes, Lexington, MA (US);
F Joseph Reid, Acton, MA (US);
GTE Laboratories Incorporated, Waltham, MA (US);
Abstract
An article of manufacture is provided comprising a substantially transparent high density polycrystalline yttria-base body consisting essentially of yttria and from about 0.01 to 5 wt. % alumina. A method for preparing the transparent yttria doped with alumina is also provided comprising admixing alumina or a precursor thereof with yttria or a precursor thereof, drying the admixed powders, calcining the admixed powders and pressing the calcined powders into a desired shape and thereafter sintering the shaped powder for about 1/4 to 6 hours at a temperature above the eutectic temperature at a sufficiently low oxygen atmosphere to prevent oxidative contaminants.