Abstract
Aluminum titanate ceramic materials have been obtained by field-activated sintering of amorphous sol-gel powder precursors. Aluminum titanate formation started at 1000°C. The structural evolution with temperature from the amorphous sol-gel state to the final fully densified ceramic product has been monitored by X-ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier-transform infrared (FTIR), and electron microscopy. The full crystallization of aluminum titanate occurred at 1200°C. The grain size of the specimen densified at 1300°C was between 150 and 500 nm.