“…The optimum densification temperatures were 825 • C for the M55 (2.63 g/cm 3 , AP = 0.19% and WA = 0.17%), 800 • C for the M55-1 (2.61 g/cm 3 , AP = 0% and WA = 0%), 800 • C for the M55-2.5 (2.57 g/cm 3 , AP = 0.27% and WA = 0.09 %), 825 • C for the M55-5 (2.53 g/cm 3 , AP = 0.12% and WA = 0.04%), and 825 • C for the M55-10 (2.48 g/cm 3 , AP = 0.72% and WA = 0.28%). Also, relative densities were found by dividing the bulk densities of the compositions by their theoretical densities as determined by the logarithmic mixture equation, 25 using the theoretical densities of 3.13 g/cm 3 for mullite, 26 2.43 g/cm 3 for glass, 24 and 3.26 g/cm 3 for AlN. 12 The relative densities of the M55, M55-1, M55-2.5, M55-5, and M55-10 were 99.2%, 99.0%, 97.3%, 95.4%, and 92.9%, respectively, which indicates that AlN addition decreases the relative densities.…”