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Mechanical Properties of Boron Nitride Nanosheets (BNNSs) Reinforced Si3N4 Composites

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Advances in Powder and Ceramic Materials Science

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The boron nitride nanosheets (BNNSs)/silicon nitride (Si3N4) composite ceramics were prepared by SPS sintering. BNNSs with few layers and transverse size in micron-scale were prepared by ball-milling and ultrasound-assisted liquid-phase stripping. In this work, it was found that the BNNSs prepared by these two methods could enhance the mechanical properties of silicon nitride ceramics, and of BNNSs/Si3N4 composite ceramics exhibit better bending strength when adding the ultrasound-assisted liquid-phase stripping BNNSs. The bending strength and fracture toughness of BNNSs/Si3N4 composite ceramics was increased by 36% and 51%, respectively, when 2 wt% BNNSs prepared by ball-milling method were added. The pullout of BNNSs, the bridging of cracks, and the deflection of cracks are the main factors of improving the toughness.

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  1. Key Laboratory for Liquid–Solid Structure Evolution and Processing of Materials, Ministry of Education, Shandong University, Jinan, 250061, China

    Guandong Liang, Jianqiang Bi, Guoxun Sun, Yafei Chen & Weili Wang

  2. Engineering Ceramics Key Laboratory of Shandong Province, Shandong University, Jinan, 250061, China

    Guandong Liang, Jianqiang Bi, Guoxun Sun, Yafei Chen & Weili Wang

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Liang, G., Bi, J., Sun, G., Chen, Y., Wang, W. (2020). Mechanical Properties of Boron Nitride Nanosheets (BNNSs) Reinforced Si3N4 Composites. In: Li, B., et al. Advances in Powder and Ceramic Materials Science. The Minerals, Metals & Materials Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-36552-3_8

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