JOURNAL ARTICLE

TEM Analysis of Grain Boundary in Y<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub>-Nd<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub>-Doped Silicon Nitride

Naoto HirosakiYasuhide InoueYoshio Akimune

Year: 1992 Journal:   Journal of the Ceramic Society of Japan Vol: 100 (1161)Pages: 720-724   Publisher: Ceramic Society of Japan

Abstract

The grain boundary phase in gas-pressure sintered silicon nitride containing 1mol% (SN1) and 10mol% (SN10) of equi-molar Y2O3-Nd2O3 was investigated using a transmission electron microscopy. In SN1, grain boundary phases were observed in two-grain boundaries and multi-grain boundaries. In SN10, pockets of an additive-rich glassy phase were observed beside two-grain boundaries and multi-grain boundaries, showing that too much additive caused glassy pockets. SN1 contained silica-rich phase in the multi-grain boundary, although SN10 contained additive-rich phase. Silica-rich phase with a lower melting temperature contributed to increased sinterability of SN1.

Keywords:
Grain boundary Materials science Phase (matter) Transmission electron microscopy Grain growth Crystallography Mineralogy Analytical Chemistry (journal) Grain size Chemistry Metallurgy Microstructure Nanotechnology

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Advanced ceramic materials synthesis
Physical Sciences →  Materials Science →  Ceramics and Composites
Metal and Thin Film Mechanics
Physical Sciences →  Engineering →  Mechanics of Materials
Intermetallics and Advanced Alloy Properties
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