ISSN:
1013-9826
Source:
Scientific.Net: Materials Science & Technology / Trans Tech Publications Archiv 1984-2008
Topics:
Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics
Notes:
Y- α-sialon (m=1.35, n=0.675) ceramics were prepared by high-energy mechanicalmilling followed by spark plasma sintering. The milling promoted not only liquid-phase sintering,but also phase transformation from β-Si3N4 to α-sialon. Under the same holding time of 5 min,milled powder could be completely densified at 1500oC, which is about 250oC lower than thatrequired for as-received powder. The temperature where the phase transformation finished was1600oC and 1750oC for milled and as-received powder, respectively. The grain size of obtaineddense ceramics from milled powder was significantly decreased. Nano-sized dense ceramics havebeen obtained by sintering the milled powder at 1500oC for 5 min. Although 100 % α-sialon has notbeen achieved, the nano-sized ceramics can be used for superplastic deformation, taking advantageof small grain size and large amount of transient liquid phase
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://www.tib-hannover.de/fulltexts/2011/0528/01/51/transtech_doi~10.4028%252Fwww.scientific.net%252FKEM.317-318.629.pdf
