Microstructure of Y/sub 2/O/sub 3/ fluxed hot-pressed silicon nitride
Detailed microstructural analysis of a 10 mol% Y/sub 2/O/sub 3/ fluxed hot-pressed silicon nitride reveals that, in addition to the yttrium-silicon oxynitride phase located at the multiple Si/sub 3/N/sub 4/ grain junctions, there is a thin boundary phase 10 to 80 A wide separating the silicon nitride and the oxynitride grains. Also, x-ray microanalysis from regions as small as 200 A across demonstrates that the yttrium-silicon oxynitride, Y/sub 2/Si(Si/sub 2/O/sub 3/N/sub 4/), phase can accommodate appreciable quantities of Ti, W, Fe, Ni, Co, Ca, Mg, Al, and Zn in solid solution. This finding, together with observations of highly prismatic Si/sub 3/N/sub 4/ grains enveloped by Y/sub 2/Si(Si/sub 2/O/sub 3/N/sub 4/), suggests that densification occurred by a liquid-phase ''solution-reprecipitation'' process.
- Research Organization:
- Univ. of California, Berkeley
- OSTI ID:
- 6214533
- Journal Information:
- J. Am. Ceram. Soc.; (United States), Journal Name: J. Am. Ceram. Soc.; (United States) Vol. 61:3-4; ISSN JACTA
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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CRYSTAL STRUCTURE
FABRICATION
GRAIN BOUNDARIES
HOT PRESSING
IMPURITIES
MATERIALS WORKING
MICROSTRUCTURE
NITRIDES
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