Effects of Mechanically Alloying Al₂O₃ and Y₂O₃ Additives on the Liquid Phase Sintering Behavior and Properties of SiC
Abstract
In order to improve the sintering of SiC, mixtures of Al2O3 and Y2O3 powders are commonly included as sintering additives. The aim of this work was to use mechanically alloyed Al2O3-Y2O3 mixtures as sintering additives to promote liquid phase sintering of SiC using spark plasma sintering. The results showed that milling reduced the particle size of the powders and led to the formation of complex oxide phases (YAP, YAM, and YAG) at low temperatures. As the ball milling time increased, the mass loss of specimens sintered with mechanically alloyed Al2O3-Y2O3 mixtures decreased, and accordingly the relative density increased. However, the hardness and flexural strength of sintered SiC specimens first increased and then decreased. Because the specimens prepared with oxides milled for a long time contained too much YAG/YAP and accordingly too much liquid at sintering temperature. This negatively affected the mechanical properties of the SiC specimens because of the increased volume of the complex oxide phases, which have inferior mechanical properties to SiC, in the sintered specimens. When the ball milling time was 6 h, the hardness (24.02 GPa) and flexural strength (655.61 MPa) of the SiC specimens reached maximum values.
Recommended Citation
R. Chen et al., "Effects of Mechanically Alloying Al₂O₃ and Y₂O₃ Additives on the Liquid Phase Sintering Behavior and Properties of SiC," Ceramics International, Elsevier, Jan 2022.
The definitive version is available at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ceramint.2022.07.089
Department(s)
Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords and Phrases
Al O -Y O 2 3 2 3; Mechanical Alloying; Mechanical Properties; SiC; Sintering Additives
International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)
0272-8842
Document Type
Article - Journal
Document Version
Citation
File Type
text
Language(s)
English
Rights
© 2022 Elsevier, All rights reserved.
Publication Date
01 Jan 2022
Comments
R. Chen thanks the funding for Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation from Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics (award number BCXJ19-09). J. Rittenhouse thanks the Office of Nuclear Energy of U.S. Department of Energy for an Integrated University Program graduate fellowship. H.M. Wen also acknowledges the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Faculty Development Program (award number NRC 31310018M0044).