A new pressing method was proposed for hot-pressing process. Experimental results indicated that the porosity in Al2O3/TiC/Ni/Mo (hereafter called Al2O3/TiC composite) composite compacts decreases by 6% after adopting this new technique,compared to traditional hot-pressing technique under the same sintering temperature. The flexural strength and Vickerhardness increase from 883 MPa to 980 MPa and from 16 GPa to 21.1 GPa, respectively. A theoretical model was given toanalyze the densification mechanism of the composite in the process of repetitious-hot-pressing.
Shixue SONG, Xing AI, Wei GAO and Jun ZHAO1)School of Mechanical Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan 250061, China2)School of Science, Jinan University, Jinan 250022, China
在微米Si3N4基体中加入纳米Si3N4及TiC颗粒,以Al2O3和Y2O3作为助烧结剂,通过热压烧结制备了Si3N4/TiC纳米复合陶瓷材料.结果表明:通过添加分散剂和利用超声分散,调节pH值得到分散良好的混合粉料;加入纳米TiC及Si3N4颗粒可明显细化晶粒,促进基体材料双峰结构的形成,提高复合材料的致密度和力学性能;含10ω/%Si3N4和15ω/%TiC纳米颗粒时复合陶瓷材料具有最佳的抗弯强度和断裂韧性,分别得到峰值1010 MPa和7.5 M Pa·m1/2,硬度HV达到15.65 GPa.采用SEM和TEM等手段分析了材料的微观结构.
