Abstract: Method for producing mono-crystalline alumina grains comprising fusing alna materials in the presence of halide to induce oxyhalide phase at grain boundaries, cooling and solidifying fused materials and separating oxyhalide phase by means of inorganic acid or alkali before or after crushing, and said alumina materials are composed of either aluminum oxides alone or aluminum oxides and at least one of the metallic oxides selected from the group consisting of chromium oxide, titanium oxide and vanadium oxide.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 27, 1992
Date of Patent:
December 28, 1993
Assignee:
Japan Abrasive Co., Ltd. (Nihon Kenmazai Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha)