Development of Machinable Glass-Ceramic without Nucleating Agents

Mica containing glass-ceramic is prepared by crystallizing magnesium alumino silicate glass between 600°C and 1100°C without the use of any additives or nucleating agents. Effects of ceramization heat treatment conditions on phase constitution and microstructures are analyzed using XRD and HRSEM respectively. Developed glass-ceramics have been analyzed for its microhardness and machinability. Optimum heat treatment condition for achieving uniformly distributed fluorophlogopite phase essential for machinability, and at the same time, magnesium aluminum silicate phase for increasing the hardness, is presented.