Non-Conventional Route To Glass-Ceramics For Electronic Packaging

Abstract

ABSTRACTThis paper describes a non-conventional route to formation of dense glass-ceramics at relatively low temperatures. Organometallic precursors were used to synthesize powders with controlled purity and stoichiometry in the MgO/Al2 O3 /SiO2 system. These amorphous powders sintered by viscous flow to form a dense glass below 1000°C. Further heating resulted in the formation of very fine grained glass-ceramics. Beta-quartz, cordierite, and cordierite-mullite glass-ceramics were obtained with attractive properties for electronic packaging.