Mechanical properties of transparent polycrystalline silicon nitride

Rak Joo Sung; Takafumi Kusunose; Tadachika Nakayama; Yoon Ho Kim; Tohru Sekino; Soowohn Lee; Koichi Niihara

Mechanical properties of transparent polycrystalline silicon nitride

Rak Joo Sung, Takafumi Kusunose, Tadachika Nakayama, Yoon Ho Kim, Tohru Sekino, Soowohn Lee, Koichi Niihara

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A novel transparent polycrystalline silicon nitride was fabricated by hot-press sintering with MgO and AlN as additives. The mixed powder with 3 wt.% MgO and 9 wt.% AlN was sintered at 1900°C for 1 hour under 30 MPa pressure in a nitrogen gas atmosphere. Transparent polycrystalline silicon nitride was successfully fabricated. The mechanical properties such as density, hardness, young's modulus, fracture strength and fracture toughness were evaluated. The effect of α/β phase on the mechanical properties of transparent polycrystalline silicon nitride was investigated. The properties were changed depending on the amount of α/β phase. The hardness and Young's modulus increased with increasing the volume fraction of α-phase fraction as a reflection of the higher hardness of α-phase Si₃N ₄. The fracture toughness and fracture strength decreased with decreasing the volume fraction of β-phase Si₃N₄.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	305-308
Number of pages	4
Journal	Key Engineering Materials
Volume	317-318
Publication status	Published - 2006
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

AlN
Hot-press
Silicon nitride
Transparent

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Materials Science(all)
Mechanics of Materials
Mechanical Engineering

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