Synthesis of novel high damping ceramic-polymer composites and its application as ceramic musical instruments

T. Shimazu, M. Miura, H. Kuno, N. Isu, K. Ota, Emile H. Ishida

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Abstract

Composite materials with high rigidity as well as high damping capacities were developed by the impregnation of polymer into porous ceramics. Al 2TiO5-MgTi2O5 ceramics-acrylic resin composite achieved high damping capacity Q-1=0.01-0.04 and Young's modulus E=50-100GPa. As a practicable material, wollastonite ceramics based composite was also developed, which has wood-like properties such as good machinability, large sound velocity and high damping capacity. We have successfully applied the wollastonite ceramic composite to musical instruments.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)173-180
Number of pages8
JournalKey Engineering Materials
Volume319
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2006
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Altio-mgtio solid solution
  • Ceramics
  • Composite
  • Internal friction
  • Longitudinal sound velocity
  • Machinable
  • Musical instrument
  • Polymer
  • Wollastonite
  • Young's modulus

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Materials Science(all)
  • Mechanics of Materials
  • Mechanical Engineering

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