High-purity alumina sintered body, high-purity alumina ball, jig for semiconductor, insulator, ball bearing, check value, and method for manufacturing high-purity alumina sintered body

摘要

A high-purity alumina sintered body having an alumina purity of not less than 99.9% by mass and a relative density of not less than 97% and exhibiting a weight loss of not greater than 100×10-^−4 kg/m² when immersed in boiling 6N H₂SO₄ or 6N NaOH aqueous solution for 24 hours as measured according to JIS R1614 (1993). The high-purity alumina sintered body is obtained by firing a green body formed from an alumina powder having an alumina purity of not less than 99.9% by mass and containing, as impurities, Si, an Mg, Fe and alkali metals including Na, K and Li in a total amount of less than 100 ppm.