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Aluminium nitride ceramics were prepared with the addition of up to 12wt% of calcium oxide as a sintering aid. Both the oxygen and the calcium content of the samples decreased during sintering with increasing sintering temperature and soaking time. Higher amounts of calcium oxide resulted in higher thermal conductivities, with values up to 142 W m−1 K−1. Moderate sintering temperatures, short temperature soaking times and the use of inexpensive Ca-based sintering additives should enable the production of aluminium nitride ceramics with sufficiently high thermal conductivity at relatively low cost.
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Geith, A., Kulig, M., Hofmann, T. et al. Thermal conductivity of calcium-doped aluminium nitride ceramics. Journal of Materials Science 28, 865–869 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00400866
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