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Studies on the Scale-Up of the Microwave-Assisted Nitridation and Sintering of Reaction-Bonded Silicon Nitride

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 February 2011

J. O. Kiggans ,
T. N. Tiegs ,
H. D. Kimrey  and
Jon-Paul Maria
J. O. Kiggans
Affiliation:
Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tenn.
T. N. Tiegs
Affiliation:
Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tenn.
H. D. Kimrey
Affiliation:
Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tenn.
Jon-Paul Maria
Affiliation:
Pennsylvania State University, State College, Pa.
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Abstract

Studies using laboratory test samples have shown that microwave heating produces sintered reaction-bonded silicon nitride materials with improved properties [1,2]. The final challenge for processing this material by microwave heating is the development of a technology for processing larger batch-size quantities of these materials. Initial microwave scale-up experiments were performed using powder compacts of a bucket tappet geometry. In experiments using microwave-transparent boron nitride sample crucibles, temperature gradients within some crucibles led to larger variations in the sample densities than were obtained with the conventionally processed samples. The use of a microwave-suscepter type crucible made of silicon carbide and boron nitride resulted in an improved temperature uniformity and in density variations comparable to those obtained for the control groups.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 347: Symposium O – Microwave Processing of Materials IV , 1994 , 71
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1994

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