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High‐performance Silicon Nitride Materials
Author(s) -
Boberski Cornelia,
Hamminger Rainer,
Peuckert P.,
Aldinger Fritz,
Dillinger Reinhard,
Heinrich Jürgen,
Huber Jürgen
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/adma.19890011104
Subject(s) - materials science , silicon nitride , ceramic , abrasive , reliability (semiconductor) , nitride , corrosion , silicon , characterization (materials science) , automotive industry , composite material , forensic engineering , nanotechnology , metallurgy , power (physics) , physics , layer (electronics) , quantum mechanics , aerospace engineering , engineering
The past decade has seen greatly increased interest in ceramic materials with special combinations of properties. Their hardness, high resistance to abrasive and erosive wear, and their good corrosion resistance when used under extreme mechanical and thermal conditions have made ceramics increasingly attractive for applications in mechanical and apparatus engineering. Silicon nitride (Si 3 N 4 ) in particular, is suitable for the development of a high‐performance, high‐temperature material for vehicle engine construction. Although the properties of Si 3 N 4 materials have been consistently improved in the last few years, they are still not adequate to allow these materials to be used in series production parts, for example as valves in automotive engines. One of the main reasons for this is the wide scatter and low reproducibility of the property parameters, which means that component reliability does not yet meet market requirements. Hence, one aim of Si 3 N 4 materials development is to reduce the structural flaws resulting from physical and chemical inhomogeneity. This objective can only be achieved through a fundamental understanding of all the processing steps, from powder production to the final processing of the components.