Improvement of Mechanical Properties and Corrosion Resistance of Porous β-SiAlON Ceramics by Low Y2O3 Additions |
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| Authors: | Jian-Feng Yang Guo-Jun Zhang Ji-Hong She Tatsuki Ohji Shuzo Kanzaki |
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| Affiliation: | Synergy Materials Research Center, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Nagoya 463-8687, Japan;State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xian 710049, People's Republic of China;Synergy Ceramics Laboratory, Fine Ceramics Research Association, Nagoya 463-8687, Japan;Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200050, People's Republic of China |
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| Abstract: | Addition of Y2O3 as a sintering additive to porous β-SiAlON (Si6? z Al z O z N8? z , z = 0.5) ceramics has been investigated for improved mechanical properties. Porous SiAlON ceramics with 0.05–0.15 wt% (500–1500 wppm) Y2O3 were fabricated by pressureless sintering at temperatures of 1700°, 1800°, and 1850°C. The densification, microstructure, and mechanical properties were compared with those of Y2O3-free ceramics of the same chemical composition. Although this level of Y2O3 addition did not change the phase formation and grain size, the grain bonding appeared to be promoted, and the densification to be enhanced. There was a significant increase in the flexural strength of the SiAlON ceramics relative to the Y2O3-free counterpart. After exposure in 1 M hydrochloric acid solution at 70°C for 120 h, no remarkable weight loss and degradation of the mechanical properties (flexural and compression strength) was observed, which was attributed to the limited grain boundary phase, and with the minor Y2O3 addition the supposed formation of Y-α-SiAlON. |
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| Keywords: | mechanical properties SiAlON yttria |
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