Beta''-Al2O3 powder was prepared through freeze-drying with liquid nitrogen, then pressed into bulk samples and sintered at 1570 degrees C. The effects of Al2O3 morphology (rod shaped or flake shaped) on the properties of sintered samples were well discussed. The rod-shaped Al2O3 sample shows a Lotgering factor (LF) of 0.38, an ionic conductivity of 1.852 x 10(-1) S cm(-1) for the direction parallel to the pressure at 350 degrees C and a bending strength of 192 MPa, all of which are much higher than those of the flake shaped sample (0.08, 178 MPa, and 3.08 x 10(-3) S cm(-1), respectively). For the rod-shaped sample, the freeze-drying process has evidently increased the degree of crystal orientation and therefore shortened the ion migration path, thereby enhancing its ionic conductivity.