Effect of seed particles content on texture formation of Si3N4 ceramics by gel-casting in a strong magnetic field

doi:10.1007/s40436-015-0106-5

Advances in Manufacturing ›› 2015, Vol. 3 ›› Issue (3): 193-201.doi: 10.1007/s40436-015-0106-5

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Effect of seed particles content on texture formation of Si₃N₄ ceramics by gel-casting in a strong magnetic field

Zhi-Gang Yang¹, Jian-Bo Yu¹, Chuan-Jun Li¹, Kang Deng¹, Zhong-Ming Ren¹, Qiu-Liang Wang², Yin-Ming Dai², Hui Wang²

1 Shanghai Key Laboratory of Modern Metallurgy and Materials Processing, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200072, People's Republic of China;
2 Institute of Electrical Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, People's Republic of China

Received:2014-10-19 Revised:2015-04-09 Online:2015-09-25 Published:2015-05-26
Contact: Zhong-Ming Ren E-mail:renzm2201@163.com
Supported by:
This research work is supported by National Basic Research Program of China (Grant No. 2011CB610404), Shanghai Science and Technology Committee (Grant Nos. 09510700100, 135211011020, and 08DZ1130100).

Abstract

Abstract: In this paper, the textured Si₃N₄ ceramics were prepared by adding seed particles during gel-casting in the magnetic field of 6 T, followed by pressureless sintering. The effect of pH on the stability and dispersibility of Si₃N₄ slurry and the effect of seed particles content on texture formation of Si₃N₄ ceramics were both studied. Those results showed that the slurry with good stability and dispersibility was obtained when pH was about 11.6. The a or b-axis of Si₃N₄ particles or crystals was aligned parallel to the direction of the magnetic field in the magnetic field of 6 T. The degree of texture of Si₃N₄ ceramics further increased during sintering. With the increasing of additional β-Si₃N₄ particles in the magnetic field of 6 T, the degree of texture increased from 0.19 without seed particles to 0.76 with 9% (mass fraction) seed particles. The increase of seed particles content promoted the texture formation of Si₃N₄ ceramics.

Key words: Silicon nitride, Gel-casting, High magnetic field, Texture, Pressureless sintering

Zhi-Gang Yang, Jian-Bo Yu, Chuan-Jun Li, Kang Deng, Zhong-Ming Ren, Qiu-Liang Wang, Yin-Ming Dai, Hui Wang. Effect of seed particles content on texture formation of Si₃N₄ ceramics by gel-casting in a strong magnetic field[J]. Advances in Manufacturing, 2015, 3(3): 193-201.

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