A study of compaction characteristics and properties after sintering of ceramic powders

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The main objective of this study is to carry out three-dimensinal compaction of ceramic powders to investigate their characteristics and thereby to develop constitutive equations or compaction criteria for general stress state. If this could be done, the properties after sintering could be investigated in terms of the compaction criteria.The three-dimensional compaction was carried out using a ceramic powder (Si3N4), either with or without sintering additives and the characteristics in compaction were discussed. In a low stress range the ceramic powders are said to behave in particular manner, i.e. tapping of the powder particles, fracture of the agglomerates and rearranging of the particles are likely to occur. The following results were obtained.(1) The powder with sintering additives can be compacted in a lower stress level compared to that without additives.(2) The compaction criterion apperars to be given by part of ellipsoid in the principal stress space.(3) The values of the parameters which are included in the criterion are quite dependent on the characteristics of the powders. The relationship between the parameters and the characteristics should be further investigated.By employing the characteristics and the constitutive equations for the powders, the rigid-plastic finite element analysis of isostatic compaction (CIP) was carried out. The shape of the compacts and distribution of the density in the compacts depended on the characteristics of the powder and also on the strength of the capsule. The compacts after sintering will thus provide different properties depending on the characteristics. This is a very important point in compactin of ceramic powders.