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Effect of sintering additive composition on the thermal conductivity of silicon nitride

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The thermal conductivity of silicon nitride prepared with varying sintering additive compositions was studied. Samples of Si3N4 + 0.5 mol% Y2O3 + 0.5 mol% Nd2O3 and a further additional agent were gas pressure sintered at 2173 K. MgO or Al2O3 was employed as the additional agent. While both agents improved sinterability, the former promoted grain growth and the latter suppressed it. Thermal conductivity increased with increasing MgO content, and a maximum value of 128 Wm-1 K-1 was attained when 2 mol% MgO was added. In contrast, addition of Al2O3 degrades thermal conductivity. This is probably due to the suppression of grain growth and the dissolution of Al2O3 into Si3N4 grains.

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    Y. Okamoto, N. Hirosaki, M. Ando, F. Munakata & Y Akimune

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Okamoto, Y., Hirosaki, N., Ando, M. et al. Effect of sintering additive composition on the thermal conductivity of silicon nitride. Journal of Materials Research 13, 3473–3477 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1557/JMR.1998.0474

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