ISSN:
0935-9648
Keywords:
Pressureless Sintering
;
Hot Isostatic Pressing
;
Sintering Aids
;
Powder Processing
;
Reinforced Ceramics
;
Silicon Slips
;
Chemistry
;
Polymer and Materials Science
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
,
Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics
,
Physics
Notes:
The past decade has seen greatly increased interest in ceramic materials with special combinations of properties. Their hardness, high resistance to abrasive and erosive wear, and their good corrosion resistance when used under extreme mechanical and thermal conditions have made ceramics increasingly attractive for applications in mechanical and apparatus engineering. Silicon nitride (Si3N4) in particular, is suitable for the development of a high-performance, high-temperature material for vehicle engine construction. Although the properties of Si3N4 materials have been consistently improved in the last few years, they are still not adequate to allow these materials to be used in series production parts, for example as valves in automotive engines. One of the main reasons for this is the wide scatter and low reproducibility of the property parameters, which means that component reliability does not yet meet market requirements. Hence, one aim of Si3N4 materials development is to reduce the structural flaws resulting from physical and chemical inhomogeneity. This objective can only be achieved through a fundamental understanding of all the processing steps, from powder production to the final processing of the components.
Additional Material:
13 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adma.19890011104
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