Journal of Inorganic Materials

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Processing and Microstructure of Intragranular Al2O3-SiC Nanocomposites

WANG Hongzhi; GAO Lian; GUI Linhua; GUO Jingkun   

  1. The State Key Lab on High Performance Ceramics and Suprefine Microstructure; Shanghai Institute ofCeramics; Chinese Academy of Sciences Shanghai 200050 China
  • Received:1997-03-25 Revised:1997-05-12 Published:1997-10-20 Online:1997-10-20

Abstract: Al2O3-5vol% SiC nanoscale composite powder was prepared by the precipitation method.Al2O3-SiC nanocomposites were made by HP sintering. The strength of Al2O3-SiC nanocomposites is 467MPa, toughniess is 4. 7MPa.m1/2. Nano SiC particles were located in Al2O3 grains because of the transformation of Al2O3 from γ phase to α phase. This intragranular microstructure is effective in improving mechanical properties. Therefore, the precipitation method is a good way to fabricate Al2O3-SiC nanocomposites.

Key words: precipitation mothod, nanocomposites, alumina