The direct ink-jet printing of ceramic powders requiers the development of highly fluid suspensions of ceramic particles with viscosity <40 mPas.Here we describe the development of two such ceramic suspensions,which contain up to 30% by volume of PZT particles in either an azeotropic mixture of MEK and ethanol or in an alkane wax at 120 deg C.The influence of various processing parameters on fluid rheology are investigated and trial fluids have been passed through an ink-jet printing head.
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