Potential use of only Yb2O3 in producing dense Si3N4 ceramics with high thermal conductivity by gas pressure sintering

Yb2O3 is an efficient sintering additive for enhancing not only thermal conductivity but also the high-temperature mechanical properties of Si3N4 ceramics. Here we report the fabrication of dense Si3N4 ceramics with high thermal conductivity by the gas pressure sintering of α-Si3N4 powder compacts,...

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Main Author: Xinwen Zhu, You Zhou, Kiyoshi Hirao, Takamasa Ishigaki and Yoshio Sakka
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2010-01-01
Series:Science and Technology of Advanced Materials
Online Access:http://iopscience.iop.org/1468-6996/11/6/065001