Yttrium. alpha. -sialon ceramics by hot isostatic pressing and post-hot isostatic pressing

Journal Article · Sat Feb 01 04:00:00 EST 1992 · Journal of the American Ceramic Society; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1151-2916.1992.tb08198.x· OSTI ID:5332540

Bartek, A; Johansson, T ^[1]; Ekstrom, T ^[2]; Herbertsson, H ^[3]

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1. Dept. of Engineering Materials, Lulea Univ. of Technology, S-951 Lulea (SE)
2. AB Sandvik Hard Materials, S-126 80 Stockholm (SE)
3. School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of New South Wales, Kensington, NSW 2033 (AU)

This paper reports on dense {alpha}-sialon materials that were produced by hot isostatic pressing (HIP) and post-hot isostatic pressing (post-HIP) using composition with the formula Y{sub x}(Si{sub 12{minus}4.5x}), Al{sub 4.5x}-O{sub 1.5x},N{sub 16{minus}1.5x} with 0.1 {le} x {le} 0.9 and with the same compositions with extra additions of yttria and aluminum nitride. X-ray diffraction analyses show how the phase content changes from large amounts of {beta}-sialon (x = 0.1) to large amounts of {alpha}-sialon (x = 0.4) and increasing amounts of mellilite and sialon polytypoids (x = 0.8). Samples HIPed at 1600{degrees}C for 2 h contained unreacted {alpha}-silicon nitride, while those HIPed at 1750{degrees}C for 1 h did not. This could be due to the fact that the time is too short to achieve equilibrium or that the high pressure (200 MPa) prohibits {alpha}-sialon formation. Sintering at atmospheric pressure leads to open porosity for all compositions except those with excess yttria. Therefore, only samples with excess yttria were post-HIPed. Microstructural analyses showed that the post-HIPed samples had the highest {alpha}-sialon content.

• OSTI ID: 5332540
• Journal Information: Journal of the American Ceramic Society; (United States), Journal Name: Journal of the American Ceramic Society; (United States) Vol. 75:2; ISSN JACTA; ISSN 0002-7820
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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