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C. Greskovich 《Journal of the American Ceramic Society》1981,64(2):31-C-
The development of microstructure in hot-pressed Sia N4 was studiehd for a typical Si3 N4 powder with and without BeSiN2 as a densification aid. The effect of hot-pressing temperature on density, α- to β-Si3 N4 conversion and specific surface area showed that BeSiN2 appears to increase the mobility of the system by enhancing densification, α- to β-Si3 N4 transformation, and grain growth at temperatures between 1450° and 1800°. These processes appear to occur in the presence of a liquid phase. 相似文献
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Tetsuo Nakayasu Tetsuo Yamada Isao Tanaka Hirohiko Adachi Seishi Goto 《Journal of the American Ceramic Society》1998,81(3):565-570
First-principles molecular orbital calculations are performed by the discrete variational Xalpha method using model clusters of rare-earth-doped β-Si3 N4 and the interface between prismatic planes of β-Si3 N4 and intergranular glassy films. On the basis of the total overlap population of each cluster, the rare-earth ions are implied to be stable in the grain-boundary model, while they are not stable in the bulk model. These results are consistent with experimental observations showing significant segregation of Ln3+ ions at the grain boundary and no solubility of Ln3+ into bulk β-Si3 N4 . Grain-boundary bonding is weakened with an increase of the ionic radius of the rare-earth ions, which provides a reasonable explanation for the ionic size dependence of the crack propagation behaviors as well as the growth rate of the prismatic plane in the rare-earth-doped β-Si3 N4 during liquid-phase sintering. 相似文献
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The kinetics of anisotropic β-Si3 N4 grain growth in silicon nitride ceramics were studied. Specimens were sintered at temperatures ranging from 1600° to 1900°C under 10 atm of nitrogen pressure for various lengths of time. The results demonstrate that the grain growth behavior of β-Si3 N4 grains follows the empirical growth law Dn – D0 n = kt , with the exponents equaling 3 and 5 for length [001] and width [210] directions, respectively. Activation energies for grain growth were 686 kJ/mol for length and 772 kJ/mol for width. These differences in growth rate constants and exponents for length and width directions are responsible for the anisotropy of β-Si3 N4 growth during isothermal grain growth. The resultant aspect ratio of these elongated grains increases with sintering temperature and time. 相似文献
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Branko Matovic Georg Rixecker Fritz Aldinger 《Journal of the American Ceramic Society》2004,87(4):546-549
This paper deals with the densification and phase transformation during pressureless sintering of Si3 N4 with LiYO2 as the sintering additive. The dilatometric shrinkage data show that the first Li2 O- rich liquid forms as low as 1250°C, resulting in a significant reduction of sintering temperature. On sintering at 1500°C the bulk density increases to more than 90% of the theoretical density with only minor phase transformation from α-Si3 N4 to β-Si3 N4 taking place. At 1600°C the secondary phase has been completely converted into a glassy phase and total conversion of α-Si3 N4 to β-Si3 N4 takes place. The grain growth is anisotropic, leading to a microstructure which has potential for enhanced fracture toughness. Li2 O evaporates during sintering. Thus, the liquid phase is transient and the final material might have promising mechanical properties as well as promising high-temperature properties despite the low sintering temperature. The results show that the Li2 O−Y2 O3 system can provide very effective low-temperature sintering additives for silicon nitride. 相似文献
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K. HIRAGA M. HIRABAYASHI S. HAYASHI T. HIRAI 《Journal of the American Ceramic Society》1983,66(8):539-542
Microstructures of Si3 N4 -TiN composites prepared by chemical vapor deposition (CVD) were investigated by the multibeam imaging technique using a 1 MV electron microscope. High-resolution images showed a number of fibrous TIN crystallites dispersed in the matrix of CVD β-Si3 N4 . Crystallographic orientation relations between β-Si3 N4 and TiN were determined directly from the observed images in the subcell scale. The fibrous axis of TiN is parallel to the (110) direction of the NaCl structure and lies along the c axis of the hexagonal β-Si3 N4 crystal. Domain boundaries, planar faults, nonplanar faults, and dislocations were found in the CVD β-Si3 N4 matrix near the TiN crystallites. The origin of the structure defects is briefly discussed in connection with the formation of TiN crystallites in the matrix. 相似文献
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Youren Xu Chao M. Huang Waltraud M. Kriven Avigdor Zangvil 《Journal of the American Ceramic Society》1994,77(8):2213-2216
The microstructure of a pressureless sintered (1605°C, 90 min) O'+β' SiAlON ceramic with CeO2 doping has been investigated. It is duplex in nature, consisting of very large, slablike elongated O' grains (20–30 μm long), and a continuous matrix of small rodlike β' grains (< 1.0 μm in length). Many α-Si3 N4 inclusions (0.1–0.5 μm in size) were found in the large O' grains. CeO2 -doping and its high doping level as well as the high Al2 O3 concentration were thought to be the main reasons for accelerating the reaction between the α-Si3 N4 and the Si-Al-O-N liquid to precipitate O'–SiAlON. This caused the supergrowth of O' grains. The rapid growth of O' crystals isolated the remnant α–Si3 N4 from the reacting liquid, resulting in a delay in the α→β-Si3 N4 transformation. The large O' grains and the α-Si3 N4 inclusions have a pronounced effect on the strength degradation of O'+β' ceramics. 相似文献
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L. K. V. LOU T. E. MITCHELL A. H. HEUER 《Journal of the American Ceramic Society》1978,61(9-10):392-396
Impurity phases in commercial hot-pressed Si3 N4 were investigated using transmission electron microscopy. In addition to the dominant, β-Si3 N4 phase, small amounts of Si2 N2 O, SiC, and WC were found. Significantly, a continuous grain-boundary phase was observed in the ∼ 25 high-angle boundaries examined. This film is ∼ 10 Å thick between, β-Si3 N4 grains and ∼ 30 Å thick between Si2 N2 O and β-Si3 N4 grains. 相似文献
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Soo Young Lee 《Journal of the American Ceramic Society》1998,81(5):1262-1268
Si3 N4 /SiC composite materials have been fabricated by reaction-sintering and postsintering steps. The green body containing Si metal and SiC particles was reaction-sintered at 1370°C in a flowing N2 /H2 gas mixture. The initial reaction product was dominated by alpha-Si3 N4 . However, as the reaction processed there was a gradual increase in the proportion of β-Si3 N4 . The reaction-bonded composite consisting of alpha-Si3 N4 , β-Si3 N4 , and SiC was heat-treated again at 2000°C for 150 min under 7-MPa N2 gas pressure. The addition of SiC enhanced the reaction-sintering process and resulted in a fine microstructure, which in turn improved fracture strength to as high as 1220 MPa. The high value in flexural strength is attributed to the formation of uniformly elongated β-Si3 N4 grains as well as small size of the grains (length = 2 μm, thickness = 0.5 μm). The reaction mechanism of the reaction sintering and the mechanical properties of the composite are discussed in terms of the development of microstructures. 相似文献
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Martin Krämer 《Journal of the American Ceramic Society》1993,76(6):1627-1629
α-Si3 N4 core structures within β-Si3 N4 grains have been studied by transmission electron microscopy. The grains were dispersed in an oxynitride glass which was previously melted at 1600°C. The cores were topotactically related to the as-grown β-Si3 N4 crystallites and are related to epitactical nucleation during heat treatment as the most probable mechanism. 相似文献
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Fengxia Li Li Fu Xiaojian Ma Changhui Sun LianCheng Wang Chunli Guo Yitai Qian Yitai Qian 《Journal of the American Ceramic Society》2009,92(2):517-519
Starting from Si powder, NaN3 and different additives such as N -aminothiourea, iodine, or both, Si3 N4 nanomaterials were synthesized through the nitridation of silicon powder in autoclaves at 60°–190°C. As the additive was only N -aminothiourea, β-Si3 N4 nanorods and α-Si3 N4 nanoparticles were prepared at 170°C. If the additive was only iodine, α-Si3 N4 dendrites with β-Si3 N4 nanorods were obtained at 190°C. However, when both N -aminothiourea and iodine were added to the system of Si and NaN3 , the products composed of β-Si3 N4 nanorods and α, β-Si3 N4 nanoparticles could be prepared at 60°C. 相似文献
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Gas-pressure sintering of α-Si3 N4 was carried out at 1850 ° to 2000°C in 980-kPa N2 . The diameters and aspect ratios of hexagonal grains in the sintered materials were measured on polished and etched surfaces. The materials have a bimodal distribution of grain diameters. The average aspect ratio in the materials from α-Si3 N4 powder was similar to that in the materials from β-Si3 N4 powder. The aspect ratio of large and elongated grains was larger than that of the average for all grains. The development of elongated grains was related to the formation of large nuclei during the α-to-β phase transformation. The fracture toughness of gaspressure-sintered materials was not related to the α content in the starting powder or the aspect ratio of the grains, but to the diameter of the large grains. Crack bridging was the main toughening mechanism in gas-pressure-sintered Si3 N4 ceramics. 相似文献
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Jianren Zeng Yoshinari Miyamoto Osamu Yamada 《Journal of the American Ceramic Society》1991,74(9):2197-2200
Fine Si3 N4 -SiC composite powders were synthesized in various SiC compositions to 46 vol% by nitriding combustion of silicon and carbon. The powders were composed of α-Si3 N4 , β-Si3 N4 , and β-SiC. The reaction analysis suggested that the SiC formation is assisted by the high reaction heat of Si nitridation. The sintered bodies consisted of uniformly dispersed grains of β-Si3 N4 , β-SiC, and a few Si2 N2 O. 相似文献
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Jun-Qi Li Fa Luo Dong-Mei Zhu Wan-Cheng Zhou 《Journal of the American Ceramic Society》2007,90(6):1950-1952
The influence of phase formation on the dielectric properties of silicon nitride (Si3 N4 ) ceramics, which were produced by pressureless sintering with additives in MgO–Al2 O3 –SiO2 system, was investigated. It seems that the difference in the dielectric properties of Si3 N4 ceramics sintered at different temperatures was mainly due to the difference of the relative content of α-Si3 N4 , β-Si3 N4 , and the intermediate product (Si2 N2 O) in the samples. Compared with α-Si3 N4 and Si2 N2 O, β-Si3 N4 is believed to be a major factor influencing the dielectric constant. The high-dielectric constant of β-Si3 N4 could be attributed to the ionic relaxation polarization. 相似文献
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β-Si3 N4 ceramics sintered with Yb2 O3 and ZrO2 were fabricated by gas-pressure sintering at 1950°C for 16 h changing the ratio of "fine" and "coarse" high-purity β-Si3 N4 raw powders, and their microstructures were quantitatively evaluated. It was found that the amount of large grains (greater than a few tens of micrometers) could be drastically reduced by mixing a small amount of "coarse" powder with a "fine" one, while maintaining high thermal conductivity (>140 W·(m·K)−1 ). Thus, this work demonstrates that it is possible for β-Si3 N4 ceramics to achieve high thermal conductivity and high strength simultaneously by optimizing the particle size distribution of raw powder. 相似文献
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Using a recently developed first-principles supercell method that includes the electron and core-hole interaction, the XANES/ELNES spectra of Si- L 2,3 , Si- K , and N- K edges in α-Si3 N4 , β-Si3 N4 , spinel c -Si3 N4 , and Si2 N2 O were calculated and compared. The difference in total energies between the initial ground state and the final core-hole state provides the transition energy. The calculated spectra are found to be in good agreement with the experimental measurements on β-Si3 N4 and c -Si3 N4 . The differences in the XANES/ELNES spectra for the same element in different crystals are explained in terms of differences in local bonding. The use of orbital-decomposed local density of states to explain the measured spectra is shown to be inadequate. These results reaffirm the importance of including the core-hole effect in any XANES/ELNES spectral calculation. 相似文献
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IRVIN C. HUSEBY† HANS L. LUKAS GÜNTER PETZOW 《Journal of the American Ceramic Society》1975,58(9-10):377-380
The 1780°C isothermal section of the reciprocal quasiternary system Si3 N4 -SiO2 -BeO-Be3 N2 was investigated by the X-ray analysis of hot-pressed samples. The equilibrium relations shown involve previously known compounds and 8 newly found compounds: Be6 Si3 N8 , Be11 Si5 N14 , Be5 Si2 N6 , Be9 Si3 N10 , Be8 SiO4 N4 , Be6 O3 N2 , Be8 O5 N2 , and Be9 O6 N2 . Large solid solubility occurs in β-Si3 N4 , BeSiN2 , Be9 Si3 N10 , Be4 SiN4 , and β-Be3 N2 . Solid solubility in β-Si3 N4 extends toward Be2 SiO4 and decreases with increasing temperature from 19 mol% at 1770°C to 11.5 mol% Be2 SiO4 at 1880°C. A 4-phase isotherm, liquid +β-Si3 N4 ( ss )Si2 ON2 + BeO, exists at 1770°C. 相似文献
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Ibram Ganesh 《International Journal of Applied Ceramic Technology》2009,6(1):89-101
In this paper, a new net-shaping process, an hydrolysis-induced aqueous gelcasting (GC) (GCHAS) has been reported for consolidation of β-Si4 Al2 O2 N6 ceramics from aqueous slurries containing 48–50 vol%α-Si3 N4 , α-Al2 O3 , AlN, and Y2 O3 powders mixture. Dense ceramics of same composition were also consolidated by aqueous GC and hydrolysis assisted solidification routes. Among three techniques used, the GCHAS process was found to be superior for fabricating defect-free thin wall β-Si4 Al2 O2 N6 crucibles and tubes. Before use, the as purchased AlN powder was passivated against hydrolysis. The sintered β-Si4 Al2 O2 N6 ceramics exhibited comparable properties with those reported for similar materials in the literature. 相似文献
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Mikito Kitayama Kiyoshi Hirao Akira Tsuge Koji Watari Motohiro Toriyama Shuzo Kanzaki 《Journal of the American Ceramic Society》2000,83(8):1985-1992
Dense β-Si3 N4 with various Y2 O3 /SiO2 additive ratios were fabricated by hot pressing and subsequent annealing. The thermal conductivity of the sintered bodies increased as the Y2 O3 /SiO2 ratio increased. The oxygen contents in the β-Si3 N4 crystal lattice of these samples were determined using hot-gas extraction and electron spin resonance techniques. A good correlation between the lattice oxygen content and the thermal resistivity was observed. The relationship between the microstructure, grain-boundary phase, lattice oxygen content, and thermal conductivity of β-Si3 N4 that was sintered at various Y2 O3 /SiO2 additive ratios has been clarified. 相似文献
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The subsolidus phase diagram of the quasiternary system Si3 N4 -AlN-Y2 O3 was established. In this system α-Si3 N4 forms a solid solution with 0.1Y2 O3 : 0.9 AIN. The solubility limits are represented by Y0.33 Si10.5 Al1.5 O0.5 N15.5 and Y0.67 Si9 A13 ON15 . At 1700°C an equilibrium exists between β-Si3 N4 and this solid solution. 相似文献
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Mamoru Mitomo Yoh-ichiro Sato Nobuo Ayuzawa Isamu Yashima 《Journal of the American Ceramic Society》1991,74(4):856-858
Plasma etching of β-Si3 N4 , α-sialon/β-Si3 N4 and α-sialon ceramics were performed with hydrogen glow plasma at 600°C for 10 h. The preferential etching of β-Si3 N4 grains was observed. The etching rate of α-sialon grains and of the grain-boundary glassy phase was distinctly lower than that of β-Si3 N4 grains. The size, shape, and distribution of β-Si3 N4 grains in the α-sialon/β-Si3 N4 composite ceramics were revealed by the present method. 相似文献