Journal of Inorganic Materials

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Mechanical Properties and Microstructure of Silicon Nitride Ceramics by Pressureless Sintering

LIU Xue-Jian1; HUANG Zhi-Yong1; HUANG Li-Ping1; ZHANG Pei-Zhi2; CHEN Xiao-Yang3   

  1. 1. Shanghai Institute of Ceramics; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Shanghai 200050; China; 2. Shanghai Institute of Materials; Shanghai 200437, China; 3. Shanghai University; Shanghai 200072; China
  • Received:2003-09-28 Revised:2003-11-28 Published:2004-11-20 Online:2004-11-20

Abstract: The mechanical properties and microstructure of silicon nitride ceramics with MgO-Al2O3-SiO2 as additives produced by pressless sintering
were investigated by XRD, SEM, TEM, EDS, and HRTEM. The relationship among preparation processing, microstructure, and mechanical properties was
emphatically discussed. Intensifying blend by planetary blender, silicon nitride ceramics sintered at 1780℃ for 3h has an uniform
microstructure with bigger aspect ratio of elongated grains (diameter in 0.3~0.8μm, length in 3~6μm, aspect ratio in 7~10),
flexure strength of 1.06GPa, HRA hardness of 92, Hv hardness of 14.2GPa, and fracture toughness of 6.6 MPa·m0.5.

Key words: silicon nitride, pressless sintering, mechanical properties, microstructure

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