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artificial corundum

mining
Also known as: beta-alumina, fused alumina, fused bauxite

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physical characteristics and uses

  • Corundum of the variety sapphire from Ceylon
    In corundum

    Artificial corundum may be produced as a specialty product, as for gem use, by slow accretion and controlled growth on a boule in an oxyhydrogen flame. This procedure is known as the Verneuil process (q.v.).

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production

  • aluminum processing
    In aluminum processing: Aluminum oxide

    Fused aluminas are used in special refractories for the glass industry. Fused alumina is calcined alumina that is melted in electric-arc furnaces, cooled, crushed, and recast into desired shapes. In another application, industrial processes requiring hot gases use a unique heat-transfer device called a pebble…

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use in batteries

  • Figure 1: Schematic diagram of a zirconia oxygen sensor used to monitor automobile exhaust gases. The sensor, approximately the size of a spark plug, is fitted into the exhaust manifold of an automobile engine. The thimble-shaped zirconia sensor, sandwiched between thin layers of porous platinum, is exposed on its interior to outside air and on its exterior to exhaust gas passing through slits in the sensor shield. The two platinum surfaces serve as electrodes, conducting a voltage across the zirconia that varies according to the difference in oxygen content between the exhaust gas and the outside air.
    In conductive ceramics: Batteries

    High-energy-density batteries based on sodium beta-alumina have been developed for vehicular applications. Beta-alumina has the ideal formula Na2O · 11Al2O3. It has a complicated structure consisting of spinel blocks sandwiching conduction planes in which sodium cations (Na+) can rapidly migrate. It is therefore known as a fast sodium ion conductor.…

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