Sintered self-reinforced silicon nitride
    12.
    发明授权
    Sintered self-reinforced silicon nitride 失效
    烧结自增强氮化硅

    公开(公告)号:US5312785A

    公开(公告)日:1994-05-17

    申请号:US63587

    申请日:1993-05-18

    摘要: A dense, self-reinforced silicon nitride ceramic body and a method of making such body. The body has a composition that includes: (a) silicon nitride; (b) a glassy grain boundary phase containing oxygen, nitrogen, magnesium, yttrium, silicon, zirconium, and at least one of titanium and aluminum; and (c) a second crystalline phase containing zirconium oxide; and (d) crystalline phases of metal zirconium silicide and/or metal zirconium silicon nitride. The ceramic exhibits high fracture toughness and high fracture strength and has a density at least 98 percent of theoretical.

    摘要翻译: 一种致密的自增强氮化硅陶瓷体及其制造方法。 身体的组成包括:(a)氮化硅; (b)含有氧,氮,镁,钇,硅,锆和钛和铝中的至少一种的玻璃态晶界相; 和(c)含有氧化锆的第二结晶相; 和(d)金属硅化锆和/或金属氮化硅锆的结晶相。 该陶瓷具有高断裂韧性和高断裂强度,其密度至少为理论值的98%。

    Densification of ceramic-metal composites
    13.
    发明授权
    Densification of ceramic-metal composites 失效
    陶瓷 - 金属复合材料的致密化

    公开(公告)号:US5143540A

    公开(公告)日:1992-09-01

    申请号:US584548

    申请日:1990-09-18

    IPC分类号: B22F3/15 C22C1/05

    摘要: Substantially dense, void-free ceramic-metal composites are prepared from components characterized by chemical incompatibility and non-wetting behavior. The composites have a final chemistry similar to the starting chemistry and microstructures characterized by ceamic grains similar in size to the starting powder and the presence of metal phase. A method for producing the composites requires forming a homogeneous mixture of ceramic-metal, heating the mixture to a temperature that approximates but is below the temperature at which the metal begins to flow and pressing the mixture at such pressure that compaction and densification of the mixture occurs and an induced temperature spike occurs that exceeds the flowing temperature of the metal such that the mixture is further compacted and densified. The temperature spike and duration thereof remains below that at which significant reaction between metal and ceramic occurs. The method requires pressures of 60-250 kpsi employed at a rate of 5-250 kpsi/second.

    摘要翻译: 由化学不相容性和非润湿性特征的组分制备基本致密的无空隙陶瓷 - 金属复合材料。 复合材料具有类似于起始化学和微观结构的最终化学特征,其特征在于尺寸与起始粉末相似的晶粒和金属相的存在。 制备复合材料的方法需要形成均匀的陶瓷 - 金属混合物,将混合物加热到接近但低于金属开始流动的温度的温度,并在混合物的压实和致密化的压力下压制混合物 发生并且发生超过金属流动温度的感应温度尖峰,使得混合物进一步压实和致密化。 温度峰值和持续时间仍然低于金属和陶瓷发生显着反应的温度峰值和持续时间。 该方法需要60-250kpsi的压力,速率为5-250kpsi /秒。

    Self-reinforced silicon nitride ceramic body and a method of preparing
the same
    14.
    发明授权
    Self-reinforced silicon nitride ceramic body and a method of preparing the same 失效
    自增强硅氮陶瓷体及其制备方法

    公开(公告)号:US5091347A

    公开(公告)日:1992-02-25

    申请号:US567889

    申请日:1990-08-15

    摘要: Prepare a self-reinforced silicon nitride ceramic body of high fracture toughness by hot-pressing a powder mixture containing silicon nitride and three other components under conditions such that densification and the in situ formation of .beta.-silicon nitride whiskers having a high aspect ratio occur. The other components are silicon dioxide as a densification aid, a conversion aid such as yttrium oxide and a compound, such as calcium oxide, which enhances growth of .beta.-silicon nitride whiskers. The resultant silicon nitride ceramic has a .beta.-silicon nitride cyrstalline phase, at least 20 volume percent of which is in the form of whiskers or elongated grains having an average aspect ratio of at least about 2.5, and a glassy second phase. The glassy phase contains the silicon dioxide, the conversion aid and the compound which enhances growth of .beta.-silicon nitride whiskers. The glassy phase may also include a minor amount of aluminum nitride or boron nitride.