Juxian ZHANG
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Jinjun FENG
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Longqiao GAO
材料科学技术（英）
The sintering additives such as Al2O3 and/or Y2O3 were coated on the surfaces of Si3N4 particles via heterogeneous nucleation processing using a buffered pH solution as the precipitation reagent. They nucleated and grew only on the surfaces of Si3N4 and did not form sol particles in solution by TEM observation. The isoelectric point (IEP) of coated Si3N4 was different from that of as-received Si3N4. The IEP of Al(OH)3-coated Si3N4 occurred at pH8.4, which is close to that of alumina. When Al(OH)3-coated Si3N4 particles were coated with Y(OH)3, the IEP of coated Si3N4 powder shifted from pH8.4 to pH9.2, similar to that of yttria. In addition, the rheological data showed that Al2O3 and/or Y2O3 coated Si3N4 suspension is nearly Newtonian and that added Si3N4 suspension shows a shear rate thinning behavior.
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Si3N4 powder
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Juxian ZHANG
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Jinjun FENG
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Longqiao GAO
材料科学技术（英）
Properties of Al2O3-coated nano-SiC have been compared with those of as-received SiC. The isoelectric point (IEP) of SiC changed from pH3.4 to pH7.3 after coating with the alumina precursor, which is close to that of alumina. Because both surfaces of coated SiC and Al2O3 possess higher positive charge at pH=4.5~5.0, they are uniformly dispersed in the two-phase aqueous suspensions, Then a mixed powder containing nano-SiC dispersed homogeneously into the Al2O3 matrix was achieved from flocculating the two-phase suspension. Finally, Al2O3/SiC nanocomposites were obtained by coating nano-SiC with Al2O3, in which the majority of SiC particles were located within the Al2O3 grains. The observation by transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and the analysis by the X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) showed that cracks propagated towards the intragranular SiC rather than along grain boundaries.
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Coated nano-SiC
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