High Frequency Dielectric Properties and Thermal Conductivity of AlN-BN Composites by Spark Plasma Sintering

Abstract:

AlN-BN composite is considered to be a promising material for microwave transparent applications. In this paper, a series of AlN-BN composites with various content of BN (0 wt%, 5 wt%, 15 wt% and 30 wt%) were prepared by spark plasma sintering with multiple components sintering additives at a low temperature (1650 °C), and the effect of sintering conditions and composition on the thermal conductivity and high frequency dielectric properties within frequency range from 10 MHz to 1.5 GHz was investigated. The results show that the spark plasma sintering process and the multiple components of the sintering additives promote the densification of the samples. The thermal conductivity and dielectric constant of samples decrease with increasing BN content, while the variation of the dielectric loss depends on the content of residual carbon and other impurities which may result in the relaxation loss of electronic polarization and conductive loss.

• Periodical: Key Engineering Materials (Volumes 512-515)
• Pages: 902-907
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.512-515.902
• Online since: June 2012
• Authors: Zhi Xue Qu, Wang Qun, Chang Chun Cui, Yao Hui Zhang
• Keywords: AlN-BN Composite, High Frequency Dielectric Properties, Spark Plasma Sintering (SPS)

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