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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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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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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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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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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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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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Tzer-Shin Sheu 《Journal of the American Ceramic Society》1994,77(9):2345-2353
The in situ β-Si3 N4 /α'-SiAlON composite was studied along the Si3 N4 –Y2 O3 : 9 AlN composition line. This two phase composite was fully densified at 1780°C by hot pressing Densification curves and phase developments of the β-Si3 N4 /α'-SiAlON composite were found to vary with composition. Because of the cooperative formation of α'-Si AlON and β-Si3 N4 during its phase development, this composite had equiaxed α'-SiAlON (∼0.2 μm) and elongated β-Si3 N4 fine grains. The optimum mechanical properties of this two-phase composite were in the sample with 30–40%α', which had a flexural strength of 1100 MPa at 25°C 800 MPa at 1400°C in air, and a fracture toughness 6 Mpa·m1/2 . α'-SiAlON grains were equiaxed under a sintering condition at 1780°C or lower temperatures. Morphologies of the α°-SiAlON grains were affected by the sintering conditions. 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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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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Chunli Guo Zheng Xing Xiaojian Ma Liqiang Xu Yitai Qian 《Journal of the American Ceramic Society》2008,91(5):1725-1728
Silicon nitride nanowires or nanorods have been synthesized from SiCl4 , NaN3 , and metallic Mg at temperatures ranging from 200° to 300°C. X-ray powder diffraction patterns indicated that the as-obtained products were mainly β-Si3 N4 . Scanning electron microscope and high-resolution transmission electronic microscopy showed that the samples mostly consisted of Si3 N4 nanowires or nanorods. As metallic iron powder was used, α-Si3 N4 was mainly formed at 250°C. 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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The densification behavior of Si3 N4 containing MgO was studied in detail. It was concluded that MgO forms a liquid phase (most likely a magnesium silicate). This liquid wets and allows atomic transfer of Si3 N4 . Evidence of a second-phase material between the Si3 N4 grains was obtained through etching studies. Transformation of α- to β-Si3 N4 during hot-pressing is not necessary for densification. 相似文献
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Jian-Feng Yang Tohro Sekino Yong-Ho Choa Koichi Niihara Tatsuki Ohji 《Journal of the American Ceramic Society》2001,84(2):406-12
The microstructural evolution and mechanical properties of Si3 N4 –SiC composites obtained by the sinter–post-HIP process were investigated. SiC addition prohibited β-Si3 N4 grain growth; however, the grain growth followed the empirical growth law, with exponents of 3 and 5 for the c - and the a -axis directions, respectively. Mechanical properties were strongly influenced by SiC addition and sintering conditions. Short-crack propagation behavior was measured and analyzed by the indentation-strength in-bending (ISB) method. The present composites had high short-crack toughness, compared with the values for monolithic Si3 N4 . The enhanced short-crack toughness was attributed to crack-tip bridging by the SiC particles. 相似文献
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L. J. GAUCKLER J. WEISS T. Y. TIEN G. PETZOW 《Journal of the American Ceramic Society》1978,61(9-10):397-398
Solid-solution formation of magnesium in β-Si3 N4 containing AlN:Al2 O3 was investigated. Samples were hot-pressed at 1700°C. Under the condition studied, very little or no magnesium entered the β-Si3 N4 lattice. 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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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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Håkan Björklund Jonas Wasén Lena K. L. Falk 《Journal of the American Ceramic Society》1997,80(12):3061-3069
The three-dimensional grain size distribution in an experimental β-Si3 N4 material has been determined using the hexagonal prism as a model of β-Si3 N4 grain shape. Results from quantitative microscopy of polished and etched sections were compared with computer-generated two-dimensional stereological parameters of hexagonal prisms with different aspect ratios in order to determine an average grain shape (i.e., aspect ratio) in the microstructure. Section parameter distributions for the average grain shape were obtained from the computer simulations and used in a three-dimensional reconstruction of the microstructure. The results showed that this Si3 N4 ceramic had the postulated fibrous microstructure and a broad grain size distribution. 相似文献
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Koji Watari Kiyoshi Hirao Motohiro Toriyama Kozo Ishizaki 《Journal of the American Ceramic Society》1999,82(3):777-779
Polycrystalline Si3 N4 samples with different grain-size distributions and a nearly constant volume content of grain-boundary phase (6.3 vol%) were fabricated by hot-pressing at 1800°C and subsequent HIP sintering at 2400°C. The HIP treatment of hot-pressed Si3 N4 resulted in the formation of a large amount of ß-Si3 N4 grains ∼10 µm in diameter and ∼50 µm long, and the elimination of smaller matrix grains. The room-temperature thermal conductivities of the HIPed Si3 N4 materials were 80 and 102 Wm−1 K−1 , respectively, in the directions parallel and perpendicular to the hot-pressing axis. These values are slightly higher than those obtained for hot-pressed samples (78 and 93 Wm−1 K−1 ). The calculated phonon mean free path of sintered Si3 N4 was ∼20 nm at room temperature, which is very small as compared to the grain size. Experimental observations and theoretical calculations showed that the thermal conductivity of Si3 N4 at room temperature is independent of grain size, but is controlled by the internal defect structure of the grains such as point defects and dislocations. 相似文献
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Yu-Ping Zeng Jian-Feng Yang Naoki Kondo Tatsuki Ohji Hideki Kita Shuzo Kanzaki 《Journal of the American Ceramic Society》2005,88(6):1622-1624
The fracture energies of the tape-cast silicon nitride with and without 3 wt% rod-like β-Si3 N4 seed addition were investigated by a chevron-notched-beam technique. The material was doped with Lu2 O3 –SiO2 as sintering additives for giving rigid grain boundaries and good heat resistance. The seeded and tape-cast silicon nitride has anisotropic microstructure, where the fibrous grains grown from seeds were preferentially aligned parallel to the casting direction. When a stress was applied parallel to the fibrous grain alignment direction, the strength measured at 1500°C was 738 MPa, which was almost the same as room temperature strength 739 MPa. The fracture energy of the tape-cast Si3 N4 without seed addition was 109 and 454 J/m2 at room temperature and 1500°C, respectively. On the contrary, the fracture energy of the seeded and tape-cast Si3 N4 was 301 and 781 J/m2 at room temperature and 1500°C, respectively, when a stress was applied parallel to the fibrous gain alignment. The large fracture energies were attributable primarily to the unidirectional alignment fibrous Si3 N4 grains. 相似文献