Journal of Inorganic Materials

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Sintering of β-Si3N4 Powder Derived by SHS

JIANG Jiu-Xin1; WANG Pei-Ling1; CHENG Yi-Bing2; CHEN Wei-Wu1; ZHUANG Han-Rui1; YAN Dong-Sheng1   

  1. 1.State Key Lab of High Performance Ceramics and Superfine Microstructure; Shanghai Institute of Ceramics; Chinese Academy of Science; Shanghai 200050; China; 2.School of Physics and Materials Engineering; Monash University; Clayton; Victoria; 3800; Australia
  • Received:2003-10-14 Revised:2003-11-28 Published:2004-11-20 Online:2004-11-20

Abstract: The sintering of β-Si3N4 powder synthesized by self-propagating high-temperature synthesis was studied with the addition of MgO, Al2O3, Y2O3 as sintering additives. MgO was found to
be the effective sintering aids, and β-Si3N4 could be densified at 1600℃ under 20MPa with the addition of 10wt% MgO. XRD results showed that the additives did not react with β-Si3N4,
existing in glassy phase of the sintered sample, with the exception of Al2O3, which reacted with β-Si3N4 to form β -Sialon phase. The samples with MgO added had better mechanical properties
than that of samples doped with Y2O3 and Al2O3.

Key words: SHS, β-Si3N4, sintering process, sintering aids, mechanical properties

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