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Microstructure control of α-Sialon ceramics by seeding with α-Sialon particles

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A proper powder preparation was used to develop α-Sialon single crystals as seeds. The microstructure and fracture toughness of seed-containing α-Sialon ceramics sintered by hot-pressing were investigated. The specimen without seeding consisted of fine grains and a small amount of coarse grains. Specimens seeded with α-Sialon single crystal particles presented a large amount of elongated α-Sialon grains. The aspect ratio and the amount of elongated α-Sialon grains can be tailored by using different sizes and amounts of the seeds. The fracture toughness of seed-containing α-Sialon ceramics is improved, which is attributed to grain pullout and bridging of elongated grains.

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  1. The State Key Lab of High Performance Ceramics and Superfine Microstructure, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200050, People's Republic of China

    Qing-Wei Huang, Pei-Ling Wang & Dong-Sheng Yan

  2. School of Physics and Materials Engineering, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, 3800, Australia

    Yi-Bing Cheng

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Huang, QW., Wang, PL., Cheng, YB. et al. Microstructure control of α-Sialon ceramics by seeding with α-Sialon particles. Journal of Materials Science 37, 3285–3290 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1016143319363

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