Thickness Alteration of Grain-Boundary Amorphous Films during Creep of a Multiphase Silicon Nitride Ceramic

Experimental observations of the creep response of a commercial sintered silicon nitride ceramic are presented. The stable microstructure of this material at high temperature contains secondary crystalline phases which result from partial devitrification of the intergranular phase. The widths of amo...

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Published in:Journal of the American Ceramic Society 2001-06, Vol.84 (6), p.1296-1300
Main Authors: Jin, Qiang, Wilkinson, David S., Weatherly, George C., Luecke, William E., Wiederhorn, Sheldon M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Applied sciences
Building materials. Ceramics. Glasses
Ceramic industries
Chemical industry and chemicals
Exact sciences and technology
grain boundaries
silicon nitride
Structural ceramics
Technical ceramics
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Summary:Experimental observations of the creep response of a commercial sintered silicon nitride ceramic are presented. The stable microstructure of this material at high temperature contains secondary crystalline phases which result from partial devitrification of the intergranular phase. The widths of amorphous films along grain boundaries (between silicon nitride grains) and phase boundaries (between silicon nitride and secondary phase grains) are characterized by transmission electron microscopy. The thickness distributions of grain‐boundary films before and after creep are analyzed by a statistical method. While the film widths are highly uniform before creep, a bimodal distribution is observed after creep. The results suggest that viscous flow of the boundary amorphous films occurs during creep deformation.
ISSN:0002-7820
1551-2916
DOI:10.1111/j.1151-2916.2001.tb00832.x