Synthesis of "in situ" reinforced silicon nitride composites
Author(s) -
A. Vučković,
Snezana Bošković,
Ljiljana Živković
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
journal of the serbian chemical society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.227
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 1820-7421
pISSN - 0352-5139
DOI - 10.2298/jsc0401059v
Subject(s) - sintering , materials science , pressureless sintering , silicon nitride , fracture toughness , composite material , microstructure , silicon , metallurgy , layer (electronics)
The objective of this work was to investigate the effect of two different sintering additives (CeO 2 and Y 2 O 3 - Al 2 O 3 ), sintering time and amount of β-Si 3 N 4 seeds on the densification, mechanical properties and microstructure of self-reinforced Si 3 N 4 based composites obtained by pressureless sintering. Preparation of β-St 3 N 4 seeds, also obtained by a pressureless sintering procedure, is described. Samples without seeds were prepared for comparison. The results imply that self-reinforced silicon nitride based composites with densities close to the theoretical values and with fracture toughness of 9.3 MPa m 1 / 2 can be obtained using a presureless sintering procedure.
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