Vacuum heat treatment of MgO-densified pressureless sintered silicon nitride ceramics
None Demir, Derek. P. Thompson, H Mandal
proceeding (Uluslararası, Hakemli) | Yazar(lar): None Demir, Derek. P. Thompson, H Mandal | Yıl: 2007 | Dergi/Kurum: NITRIDES AND OXYNITRIDES III | İndeks: WOS.ISTP | Anahtar Kelimeler: silicon nitride ceramics, sintering, MgO, vacuum heat treatment, glass removal — Özet: Silicon nitride samples were pressureless sinte
Silicon nitride samples were pressureless sintered with up to 5 w/o MgO to give densities in the range 98-99% of theoretical. After pressureless sintering, selected samples were placed in a vacuum heat treatment furnace surrounded by a carbon bed in a carbon crucible at a pressure of less than 4x10(-4) mbar, and vacuum heat treated at different temperatures and times to remove grain-boundary glass. The results showed that this was substantially achieved at 1575 degrees C for 3h and that increasing the time to 5 hours gave still further improvement. SEM images, EDX analysis and oxidation tests provided additional evidence for the removal of Mg from the samples.