Fracture toughness and time-dependent strength behavior of low-doped silicon nitrides for applications at 1400 C

Journal Article · Tue Feb 01 04:00:00 EST 1994 · Journal of the American Ceramic Society; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1151-2916.1994.tb07029.x· OSTI ID:7284090

Klemm, H ^[1]; Pezzotti, G ^[2]

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1. Fraunhofer Institution for Ceramic Technologies, Dresden (Germany)
2. Osaka Univ. (Japan)

The influence of small additions of three selected oxides on the microstructure and the mechanical behavior of high-purity silicon nitride was systematically investigated. Dense silicon nitride bodies doped respectively with SiO[sub 2], Y[sub 2]O[sub 3], and Yb[sub 2]O[sub 3] were fabricated by hot isostatic pressing (HIP). Two different compositions of the intergranular phase were examined for Y[sub 2]O[sub 3] and Yb[sub 2]O[sub 3] in comparison with the same volume of pure SiO[sub 2]. Only in the material with the higher Y[sub 2]O[sub 3] and Yb[sub 2]O[sub 3] content was an improved level of fracture toughness obtained. The mechanical properties at 1,400 C were evaluated with emphasis placed on time-dependent strength and deformation behavior. The materials containing only SiO[sub 2] or doped with the small amount of Y[sub 2]O[sub 3] showed linear elastic K[sub I]-controlled fracture behavior of 1,400 C and the critical phenomenon for failure was subcritical crack growth (SCG) from preexisting defects. In the materials with additions of Yb[sub 2]O[sub 3] or the larger amount of Y[sub 2]O[sub 3], crack extension was governed by creep crack growth as a result of the exhibited strong creep effects. In the silicon nitride doped with 1.7 vol% Yb[sub 2]O[sub 3], however, a considerably improved creep behavior as a consequence of crystallization processes in the intergranular phase (Yb[sub 2]Si[sub 2]O[sub 7]) caused by both thermal treatment and stress-initiated effects during the mechanical testing at 1,400 C was found.

• OSTI ID: 7284090
• Journal Information: Journal of the American Ceramic Society; (United States), Journal Name: Journal of the American Ceramic Society; (United States) Vol. 77:2; ISSN 0002-7820; ISSN JACTAW
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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