Mechanical behaviour of ceramics
Mechanical behaviour of ceramics
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DOI:
10.1007/978-3-540-73448-2_7
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发表时间:
2007
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通讯作者:
J. Rösler;M. Bäker;H. Harders
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作者:
J. Rösler;M. Bäker;H. Harders
Engineering ceramics are almost exclusively made from powders because they cannot be cast in the liquid state due to their high melting temperature. 1 The powder is formed to a near-net shape green body, for instance by cold compaction in the dry state. Alternatively, ceramics can be shaped by mixing them with a plasticiser or a liquid solvent. One example for this type of process is slip casting where ceramic powder is mixed with a fluid (usually water or alcohol) and poured into a porous ceramic mould. The capillarity of the mould dehumidifies the ceramic powder. After drying, the ceramic is sufficiently rigid to be taken out of the mould. In injection moulding, the ceramic powder is mixed with a polymer binder and processed similarly to an injection moulded polymer. However, the larger abrasion of the ceramic powder has to be taken into account.Next, the green body is compacted at high temperature, whereupon the ceramic powder particles, previously only loosely bound mechanically or by binders, bind chemically. Standard processes for this are sintering, hot pressing, and hot isostatic pressing (hip)[126]. While sintering is done without external load, the other processes superimpose uniaxial or hydrostatic stresses. Figure 7.1 sketches a sintering process. During compaction, material diffuses to the contact area between the particles, driven by the energy gained in reducing the surface. The contact areas round off and become larger. One consequence of this process is that the component shrinks by as much as 30% to 40%. 2