A study was carried out on the behavior during the sintering of Al2O3 ceramics with pre-sintering of the additives Nb2O5 and LiF at different temperatures. It was observed through XRD and DSC the formation of the LiNb3O8, Nb3O7F and LiNbO3 phases during the pre-sintering of the additive powders and the formation of the LiAl5O8, AlNbO4 phases during the sintering of the samples The samples showed densities around 91% of the theoretical density, and pre-sintered samples showed low growth in grain size.
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