Al 2- x Me x (WO 4 ) 3 , (Me is Sc or In; x varies from 0 to 2) ceramics are sintered by two methods: 1 ) cold pressing with subsequent sintering at different temperatures and durations and 2 ) hot pressure sintering. The row materials are nanoparticles with average particle size of 20, 90 and 200 nm obtained by co-precipitation method. Density, particle size and anisometricity of the obtained ceramics are tested. The results show that optimal initial nanosized dimensions and optimal pressing conditions are needed to obtain compact ceramics. The hot pressure method provides possibilities for obtaining ceramics with a density of about 99.8%. These ceramics possess some level of transparency.
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