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Fabrication of Heat-Resistant and Plastic-Formable Silicon Nitride pp 5–33Cite as

Preparation of Nanosize Silicon-Nitride-Based Ceramics and Their Superplasticity

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Nano-sized ceramics are expected to exhibit improved wear resistance, increased strength, elevated hardness, and, in particular, noticeable high-temperature ductility. This article aims to provide a comprehensive description of the development of dense nano-sized Si3N4-based ceramics or composites by high-energy mechanical milling followed by spark plasma sintering. Mechanical milling transforms most of the starting powder mixture into a homogeneous amorphous phase containing a large amount of nano-sized β-Si3N4 particles. Rapid spark plasma sintering at a low temperature with a short holding time can prevent abnormal grain growth. The compression superplastic deformation of nano-sized Si3N4 ceramics reveals a transition of the deformation mechanism from an interface-reaction-controlled solution-precipitation process at low stresses to a grain boundary sliding process accommodated by diffusion-controlled solution-precipitation at high stresses.

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  1. Environment and Energy Materials Division, National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

    Toshiyuki Nishimura

  2. University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, China

    Xin Xu

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Nishimura, T., Xu, X. (2015). Preparation of Nanosize Silicon-Nitride-Based Ceramics and Their Superplasticity. In: Fabrication of Heat-Resistant and Plastic-Formable Silicon Nitride. NIMS Monographs. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-55384-7_2

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