Abstract
In this study, coarse Beta silicon nitride (β-Si3N4) powder was used as the raw material to fabricate dense Si3N4 ceramics using two different methods of ultra-high pressure sintering and spark plasma sintering at 1550 °C, followed by heat treatment at 1750 °C. The densification, microstructure, mechanical properties, and thermal conductivity of samples were investigated comparatively. The results indicate that spark plasma sintering can fabricate dense Si3N4 ceramics with a relative density of 99.2% in a shorter time and promote α-to-β phase transition. Coarse β-Si3N4 grains were partially fragmented during ultra-high pressure sintering under high pressure of 5 GPa, thereby reducing the number of the nucleus, which is conducive to the growth of elongated grains. The UHP sample with no fine α-Si3N4 powder addition achieved the highest fracture strength (822 MPa) and fracture toughness (6.6 MPa·m1/2). The addition of partial fine α-Si3N4 powder facilitated the densification of the SPS samples and promoted the growth of elongated grains. The β-Si3N4 ceramics SPS sintered with fine α-Si3N4 powder addition obtained the best comprehensive performance, including the highest density of 99.8%, hardness of 1890 HV, fracture strength of 817 MPa, fracture toughness of 6.2 MPa·m1/2, and thermal conductivity of 71 W·m−1·K−1.
Subject
General Materials Science
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