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Creep Behavior of Improved High Temperature Silicon Nitride

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New data are presented on the tensile creep behavior of silicon nitride sintered with Lu2O3. The data are compared with two earlier sets of data collected on the same material. The older sets gave results that are difficult to explain theoretically: a high value for the stress exponent, n=5.33, and no cavitation. The new set of data also gave no cavitation, but gave a stress exponent, n=1.81, that can be rationalized theoretically in terms of solution-precipitation creep of the silicon nitride grains. An analysis of variance showed that one of the earlier sets of data was statistically consistent with the newer set, whereas the other set of data was not. Combining the two sets of data that agreed statistically yields a consistent picture of creep with a low value of the stress exponent and no cavitation. The stress exponent for the combined set of data is n=1.87±0.48 (95 % confidence limits). The tensile creep mechanism of the silicon nitride containing Lu2O3, solution-precipitation, differs from those of other silicon nitrides, for which tensile creep has been attributed to cavitation. Enhancement of the creep resistance of the silicon nitride sintered with Lu2O3 may be a consequence of the fact that Lu2O3 produces a more deformation resistant amorphous phase at the two grain junctions, than do Y2O3 or Yb2O3. In parallel, reducing the amount of secondary phase below a critical limit, or increasing the viscosity of the two grain boundaries relative to three-grain junctions reduces the ability of the material to cavitate during creep, and forces the creep mechanism to change from cavitation to solution-precipitation.

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Sheldon M. Wiederhorn, Ralph F. Krause, František Lofaj, U. Täffner

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Cavitation, Creep, High-Temperature, Lutetium Oxide, Rare Earth Oxide, Ytterbium Oxide, Yttrium Oxide

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