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Effect of starting PMMA content on microstructure and properties of gel casting BN/Si3N4 ceramics with spherical-shaped pore structures

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By gel casting with polymethylmethacrylate microbeads (PMMA) as pore-forming agent, porous boron nitride/silicon nitride (BN/Si3N4) composite ceramics were successfully prepared. The obtained ceramic shows bimodal hierarchical structures that composed of spherical-shaped micro pores depending on PMMA content and irregular sub-micro pores formed by the stacking of ceramic particles. Porosity of the porous BN/Si3N4 ceramics can be well controlled from 53.0 to 60.6 % by the PMMA content from 10 to 40 wt%, as well as the mechanical and dielectric properties. Effect of PMMA content on phase composition and the relationship between microstructure and the basic properties of the porous BN/Si3N4 ceramics was discussed in detail. Microstructure analysis reveals that the sub-micro pores acted as channels between micro pores. BN particles have a relatively denser distribution on the wall of spherical-shaped micro pores with a window between micro and sub-micro pores, and resulting in a half-closed micro pore structure, which is meaningful for material design with concentration of BN particles on the wall of pore structure.

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This work was supported by Yangtze Scholars Program in China (2009); National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC, 51021002, 51225203).

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  1. Institute for Advanced Ceramics, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, 150001, China

    Shengjin Wang, Dechang Jia, Wang Cui, Zhihua Yang, Xiaoming Duan & Yu Zhou

  2. State Key Laboratory of Nonlinear Mechanics (LNM), Institute of Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China

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Wang, S., Jia, D., Cui, W. et al. Effect of starting PMMA content on microstructure and properties of gel casting BN/Si3N4 ceramics with spherical-shaped pore structures. J Mater Sci 48, 7974–7980 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-013-7608-y

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