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Effects of Seeding with β-Si3N4 Rod Crystals on Mechanical Properties of Silicon Nitride Ceramics

CHEN Dian-Ying; ZHANG Bao-Lin; ZHUANG Han-Rui; LI Wen-Lan   

  1. Shanghai Institute of Ceramics; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Shanghai 200050; China
  • Received:2002-08-19 Revised:2002-09-20 Published:2003-09-20 Online:2003-09-20

Abstract: In this paper, the effects of seeding β-Si3N4 rod crystals prepared by self-propagating high-temperature synthesis on the mechanical
properties of silicon nitride ceramic were investigated. The experimental results showed that with the increase of β-Si3N4 rod crystals
content, the fracture toughness increases, while the flexile strength decreases. The fracture toughness can increase from 4.0MPa·m1/2
to 6.7MPa·m1/2 when 8wt%β-Si3N4 rod crystal was added compared with that without seeding. The improvement of fracture
toughness results from the grain pullout and bridging, branching of elongated grains.

Key words: β-Si3N4 rod crystals, silicon nitride, fracture toughness

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