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Colloidal processing and mechanical properties of silicon carbide with alumina

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 January 2011

Yoshihiro Hirata ,
Kouji Hidaka ,
Hiroaki Matsumura ,
Yasuo Fukushige  and
Soichiro Sameshima
Yoshihiro Hirata
Affiliation:
Department of Applied Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Kagoshima University, 1-21-40 Korimoto, Kagoshima 890, Japan
Kouji Hidaka
Affiliation:
Department of Applied Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Kagoshima University, 1-21-40 Korimoto, Kagoshima 890, Japan
Hiroaki Matsumura
Affiliation:
Department of Applied Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Kagoshima University, 1-21-40 Korimoto, Kagoshima 890, Japan
Yasuo Fukushige
Affiliation:
Department of Applied Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Kagoshima University, 1-21-40 Korimoto, Kagoshima 890, Japan
Soichiro Sameshima
Affiliation:
Department of Applied Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Kagoshima University, 1-21-40 Korimoto, Kagoshima 890, Japan
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Abstract

Submicrometer-sized SiC coated with SiO2 of 0.4–1.8 wt.% and α–Al2O3 powder of median size 0.2 μm were mixed in aqueous solutions in the pH range 3.0–10.0. The SiC/Al2O3 (4.3–6.9 wt. %) powders were consolidated by filtration through gypsum molds and hot-pressed at 1600°–2040 °C under a pressure of 39 MPa. These compacts were densified to near the theoretical density at 1700°–1800 °C. The sintering mechanisms are discussed based on the analysis of shrinkage curves of SiC/Al2O3 compacts during hot-pressing. The equiaxed SiC grains grew with low aspect ratios below 1800 °C and changed to plate-like grains at 1900 °C. The fracture toughness of SiC as a function of average grain size reached a maximum of 5 Mpa · m0.5 at 2.5 μm grains of low aspect ratios of 1–2. The flexural strengths at room temperature were 230–430 MPa in the SiC above 98% of the theoretical density and showed a similar grain size dependence.

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Journal of Materials Research , Volume 12 , Issue 11 , November 1997 , pp. 3146 - 3157
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1997

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