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The Sm, Y and Ca anhydrous nitrates were mixed with the AlN powder in ethanol and then decomposed into the Sm2O3-Y2O3-CaO sintering additives via calcining. Low-temperature sintering of the AlN ceramics was carried out at temperature range from 1675 to 1750 °C. Effects of the composition and adding amount of the sintering additives on the phases, microstructures and properties of the AlN ceramics were investigated. During sintering the AlN ceramics, main secondary phases of CaYAl3O7 and CaSmAl3O7 form. The relative density, bending strength and thermal conductivity of the AlN ceramics increase with the increase in the rare-earth oxides in them. The thermal conductivity of the sintered AlN ceramics is also greatly affected by the distribution of the secondary phases. As sintered at 1750 °C, the AlN ceramics by adding the sintering additives of 2 wt.% Sm2O3, 2 wt.% Y2O3 and 1 wt.% CaO formed via decomposition of their nitrates is fully dense and have the optimal bending strength and thermal conductivity of 402.1 MPa and 153.7 W/(m K), respectively.
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This work was financially supported by Mega Project of Scientific and Technological Research, Anhui Province, China (Grant No. 15czz02047), and Natural Science Research Project in Colleges and Universities, Anhui Province, China.
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Zhan, J., Cao, Y., Zhang, H. et al. Low-Temperature Sintering of AlN Ceramics by Sm2O3-Y2O3-CaO Sintering Additives Formed via Decomposition of Nitrate Solutions. J. of Materi Eng and Perform 26, 453–459 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11665-016-2453-1
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