粒子配向制御された窒化ケイ素セラミックスの機械特性

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Silicon nitride with anisotropic microstructure was fabricated by tape-casting of raw powder slurries with 0-10 vol% seed particles of morphologically regulated β-Si_3N_4 single crystal, followed by gas pressure sintering of stacked sheets. The effect of orientation degree and area fraction of large elongated grains on mechanical properties was studied. Fracture toughness (K_<IC>) and bending strength (σf) measured in the direction perpendicular to grain alignment increased with an increase in seeds amount, which was associated with the fact that both orientation degree and area fraction of large elongated grains increased with increasing amount of seeds. The specimen with 5 vol% seeds, in which large elongated grains occupy a cross-sectional area of about 46%, exhibited a dominant orientation parallel to the casting direction. The specimen showed high K<IC> of 11.7 MPa・ m^<l/2> and high σ_f of 1200 MPa. Further addition of seeds resulted in a slight decrease in K_<IC> and σ_f owing to pore generation and coalescence of large elongated grains. On the contrary, K_<IC> and σ_f measured in the direction parallel to the grain alignment decreased monotonously with an increase in seeds amount.
社団法人日本セラミックス協会の論文
1996-08-01