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    • Keywords

       

      Talc; clay; pressureless sintering; porous Si3N4; mechanical properties; Weibull distribution.

    • Abstract

       

      Porous Si3N4 ceramics were successfully synthesized using cheaper talc and clay as sintering additives by pressureless sintering technology and the microstructure and mechanical properties of the ceramics were also investigated. The results indicated that the ceramics consisted of elongated 𝛽-Si3N4 and small Si2N2O grains. Fibrous 𝛽-Si3N4 grains developed in the porous microstructure, and the grain morphology and size were affected by different sintering conditions. Adding 20% talc and clay sintered at 1700°C for 2 h, the porous Si3N4 ceramics were obtained with excellent properties. The final mechanical properties of the Si3N4 ceramics were as follows: porosity, 𝑃0 = 45.39%; density, ρ = 1.663.g.cm-3; flexural strength, 𝜎b (average) = 131.59 MPa; Weibull modulus, 𝑚 = 16.20.

    • Author Affiliations

       

      Yu Fangli1 Yang Jianfeng1 Xue Yaohui2 Du Jun3 Lu Yuan1 Gao Jiqiang1

      1. State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behaviour of Materials, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, P.R. China
      2. The School of Electronic and Information Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, P.R. China
      3. National Key Laboratory of Remanufacture, No. 21, DuJiaKan, ChangXinDian, Beijing 100072, P.R. China

    • Dates

       
      Published
      April 2009
      Manuscript received
      21 July 2008
      Manuscript revised
      15 September 2008

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