Fabrication of High Strength α-SiAlON/BN Composition Ceramics by Hot Pressing

Abstract:

Dense Y³⁺-dopted α-SiAlON/BN composition ceramics was fabricated by hot pressing at 1900 °C for 60 min, and flextural strength at room and 1000 °C was investigated through three-point bending test. The results show that h-BN contribute to the densification of powder body, but h-BN have little affect on the key temperature region of sintering densification of α-SiAlON ceramics. When content of BN is lower, which didn’t affect on the phase transformation of α-SiAlON, but when content of BN is higher, besides of major phase α-SiAlON, a little of β-SiAlON was also formed. For the α-SiAlON/BN composite ceramics content of 20 wt.% h-BN, the higer flexural strength( room-temperature and 1000 °C) were abtained, the formation of β-SiAlON should be an important resonon for the higher strentgh, more important is , whose flexural strength at 1000 °C is higher 50 MPa than at room temperature, the differnce of thermal properties between SiAlON and BN should contribute to the improve of high-temperature flextural strength.

• Periodical: Key Engineering Materials (Volumes 512-515)
• Pages: 816-819
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.512-515.816
• Online since: June 2012
• Authors: Ying Chun Shan, Guang Wang, Hui Ye, Xiao Guang Han, Jiu Jun Xu, Jiang Tao Li
• Keywords: Flexural Strength, Hot-Pressing, SiAlON/BN

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