Effect of silicon nitride addition on the thermal and mechanical properties of magnesium silicon nitride ceramics
Effect of silicon nitride addition on the thermal and mechanical properties of magnesium silicon nitride ceramics
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DOI:
10.1016/s0955-2219(03)00374-1
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发表时间:
2004-06
影响因子:
5.7
通讯作者:
S. Tanaka;K. Itatani;H. Hintzen;A. Delsing;I. Okada
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作者:
S. Tanaka;K. Itatani;H. Hintzen;A. Delsing;I. Okada
The effect of silicon nitride (Si3N4) addition on the sintering of magnesium silicon nitride (MgSiN2) powder has been examined using a hot-pressing technique. The MgSiN2powder compacts with 1, 4, and 9 mol% of Si3N4addition [sintering aid: 1 mol% ytterbium oxide (Yb2O3)] were hot-pressed at a temperature between 1550 and 1800 °C for 90 min in a nitrogen (N2) atmosphere under the pressure of 75 MPa. The relative density of a MgSiN2compact with 4 mol% of Si3N4addition hot-pressed at 1600 °C for 90 min showed a maximum (98.6%), although the relative density was reduced by the addition of Si3N4at other hot-pressing temperatures. The maximum fracture toughness (6.6 MPa·m1/2) was achieved for the MgSiN2specimen with 4 and 9 mol% of Si3N4addition hot-pressed at 1600 °C for 90 min. This value was 2.5 times higher than that of MgSiN2specimen without Si3N4addition (2.6 MPa·m1/2). The improvement of the fracture toughness appeared to be due to the elongation of the Si3N4grains, which had occurred in the presence of a liquid phase during the hot pressing. The thermal conductivity of the MgSiN2specimen with 9 mol% of Si3N4addition hot-pressed at 1750 °C for 90 min increased to 34.1 W m−1K−1, which is to our knowledge, the highest among the values so far reported for MgSiN2ceramics.