Journal of Inorganic Materials

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Mechanical Properties and Electrical Conductivity of TiN-Al2O3 Nanocomposites

LI Jing-Guo; GAO Lian; QUO Jing-Kun   

  1. State Key Labor of High Performance Ceramics and Superfine Microstructure Shanghai Institute of Ceramics; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Shanghai 200050; China
  • Received:2001-10-15 Revised:2001-12-06 Published:2002-11-20 Online:2002-11-20

Abstract: TiN-Al2O3 nanocomposite powders were prepared by ball milling with nano TiN and Al2O3 powder as starting materials. The sintered bodies were prepared by hot-pressing. The effects of TiN nanoparticles on the mechanical
properties and electrical conductivity of TiN-Al2O3 nanocomposites were studied. Experimental results show that the addition of 15vol% TiN
increases the bending strength of hot-pressed Al2O3 from 370MPa to 690MPa and the fracture toughness from 3.4MPa·m1/2 to 5.1MPa·m1/2,
respectively. The electrical resistivity of nanocomposites decreases with increasing amount of TiN and reaches a minimum (6.5×10-3Ω·cm)
for the nanocomposite with 25vol% TiN.

Key words: nano TiN, alumina, mechanical properties, electrical conductivity

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