Journal of Inorganic Materials

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Nitrogen-rich Liquid Phase Regions in Sin(Nd)-Si-Al-O-N systems

SUN Weiying; CHEN Jianxin; JIA Yingkin   

  1. The State Key Lab on High Performance Ceramics and Superfine Microstructure; Shanghai Institute ofCeramics; Chinese Academy of Sciences Shanghai 200050 China
  • Received:1996-03-19 Revised:1900-01-01 Published:1997-06-20 Online:1997-06-20

Abstract: Liquid phase regions of 1700℃ with nitrogen concentration higher than 40eq% in the systemsof Sm and Nd-Si-Al-O-N were determined. Both systems possess extensive liquid phase regionsat 40eq% N. With incrcasing nitrogen content, the liquid phasc regions contract towards Si-richcompositions. The maximum solubility of nitrogen in the Sm(Nd)-sialon liquids is slightly above30eq%, wihch is much higher than that in Y-sialon liquid, of which the highest nitrogen concentration of slightly above 30eq% was determined.

Key words: Si3N4, Sialon, rare earth elements, liquid phase region