화학공학소재연구정보센터
Materials Science Forum, Vol.475-479, 2987-2990, 2005
Superplasticity and sinter-forging of fine-grained Si3N4-Si2N2O composite
The Si3N4- Si2N2O composites are fabricated with amorphous nano-sized silicon nitride powders by the liquid phase sintering(LPS) method in this article. XRD analysis shows that the sintered body consists of beta-Si3N4 and Si2N2O- SEM experiment conforms that the average grain size of sintered body is less than 300mn. The superplastic deep-drawing forming can be proceed at a low temperature of 1550 degrees C with a punch velocity of 0.2mm/min. There are only a few small sintered defects before forming, but there are a lot of cavity groups after forming. Cavitation failure occurs by nucleation, growth and interlinkage of cavities. The complex-shape gears can be formed by a sinter-forging technology when the sintering temperature is 1600 degrees C and the superplastic forging temperature is 1550 degrees C.