Reversible α⇌ sialon transformation in heat-treated sialon ceramics
Reversible α⇌ sialon transformation in heat-treated sialon ceramics
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热处理赛隆陶瓷中的可逆 α⇌ 赛隆转变
DOI:
10.1016/0955-2219(93)90074-2
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发表时间:
1993
影响因子:
5.7
通讯作者:
T. Ekström
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作者:
H. Mandal;D. Thompson;T. Ekström
Typical β-sialon and mixed α-β-sialon starting compositions have been densified by pressureless sintering using either Ln2O3or equimolar mixtures of Ln2O3+ Y2O3where Ln = Sm, Dy, Yb. The resulting materials were heat treated at 1000–1500°C to devitrify the grain boundary glass into crystalline oxynitride phases. The effects of rare earth ionic size and heat-treatment temperature on the stability of devitrified phases, microstructure and mechanical properties have been studied. Microstructural characterisation of the α-sialon phase formed in these systems revealed that α is only stable at high temperatures and transforms to β-sialon plus grain boundary phases at lower temperatures; this provides an excellent mechanism for controlling the mechanical properties of the final material.