Experimental evidence for the anisotropic Ostwald ripening of β-silicon nitride

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 82, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 2931-2933

  Kitayama, Mikito ^a   Hirao, Kiyoshi ^b   Toriyama, Motohiro ^b   Kanzaki, Shuzo ^b  

^a Fine Ceramics Research Association   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; ASPECT RATIO; HIGH TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; MORPHOLOGY; SILICA; SILICON NITRIDE; YTTRIUM COMPOUNDS;

OSTWALD RIPENING; YTTRIA;

CERAMIC MATERIALS;

EID: 0033204535     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1151-2916.1999.tb02183.x     Document Type: Article

References (23)

1. 4," J. Am. Ceram. Soc., 56 [10] 518-22 (1973).
2. 4 as a Function of the Initial α-Phase Content," J. Am. Ceram. Soc., 62 [7-8] 428-30 (1979).
3. C. M. Hwang, T.-Y. Tien, and I-W. Chen, "Anisotropic Grain Growth during Final Stage Sintering of Silicon Nitride Ceramics"; pp. 1034-39 in Sintering '87. Edited by S. Sōmiya, M. Shimada, M. Yoshimura, and R. Watanabe. Elsevier Applied Science, London, U.K., 1988.
4. C. M. Hwang and T.-Y. Tien, "Microstructural Development in Silicon Nitride Ceramics," Mater. Sci. Forum, 47, 84-109 (1989).
5. M. Mitomo, M. Tsutsumi, H. Tanaka, S. Uenosono, and F. Saito, "Grain Growth During Gas-Pressure Sintering of β-Silicon Nitride," J. Am. Ceram. Soc., 73 [8] 2441-45 (1990).
6. M. Mitomo and S. Uesono, "Gas Pressure Sintering of β-Silicon Nitride," J. Mater. Sci., 26, 3940-44 (1993).
7. M.-A. Einarsrud and M. Mitomo, "Mechanism of Grain Growth of β′-SiAlON," J. Am. Ceram. Soc., 76 [6] 1624-26 (1993).
8. 4 Ceramics Sintered under High Nitrogen Pressure," J. Am. Ceram. Soc., 76 [1] 91-96 (1993).
9. 4 Ceramics Sintered under High Nitrogen Pressure'," J. Am. Ceram. Soc., 76 [12] 3178-79 (1993).
10. D.-D. Lee, S.-J. L. Kang, and D. N. Yoon, "Mechanism of Grain Growth and α-β′ Transformation During Liquid-Phase Sintering of β′-Sialon," J. Am. Ceram. Soc., 71 [9] 803-806 (1988).
11. 4 During α/β-Transformation," Acta Metall. Mater., 41 [10] 2939-47 (1993).
12. M. Krämer, M. J. Hoffmann, and G. Petzow, "Grain Growth Studies of Silicon Nitride Dispersed in an Oxynitride Glass," J. Am. Ceram. Soc., 76 [11] 2778-84 (1993).
13. 4-Ceramics," Mater. Sci. Forum, 113-115, 91-102 (1993).
14. 4 Ceramics. Edited by M. J. Hoffmann and G. Petzow. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, 1994.
15. 4," Key Eng. Mater., 89-91, 501-505 (1994).
16. 4," J. Cryst. Growth, 140, 157-66 (1994).
17. 4: I. Anisotropic Ostwald Ripening," Acta Mater., 46 [18] 6541-50 (1998).
18. G. Wötting, B. Kanka, and G. Ziegler, "Microstructural Development, Microstructural Characterization and Relation to Mechanical Properties of Dense Silicon Nitride"; pp. 83-96 in Non-Oxide Technical and Engineering Ceramics. Edited by S. Hampshire. Elsevier Applied Science, London, U.K., 1986.
19. 4 Single Crystal Particles," J. Am. Ceram. Soc., 101 [9] 1078-80 (1993).
20. 4: II. The α-β Transformation," Acta Mater., 46 [18] 6551-57 (1998).
21. 4 Ceramics," J. Ceram. Soc. Jpn., 100 [10] 1256-60 (1992).
22. J. E. Taylar, "Overview No. 98 II - Mean Curvature and Weighted Mean Curvature," Acta Metall. Mater., 40 [7] 1475-85 (1992).
23. R. Raj and M. J. Hoffmann, "Thermodynamic Analysis of Grain Aspect Ratio in Fibrous Microstructures of Silicon Nitride," J. Am. Ceram. Soc., 80 [12] 3250-52 (1997).