Tailoring of Mechanical Properties of Si3N4 Ceramics

Inhaltsverzeichnis

• I. Processing and Densification.
• Colloidal Processing of Structurally Reliable Si3N4.
• Silicon Nitride Materials for Engine Applications.
• High Temperature Resistant Silicon-Nitride Ceramics by Optimized Two-Step Gas Pressure Sintering.
• II. Microstructure — Development, Characterization and Influence on Mechanical Properties.
• Analysis of Microstructural Development and Mechanical Properties of Si3N4 Ceramics.
• 3D — Characterization of Sintered Microstructures with Prismatic Grains — A Precondition for Microstructural Modelling of Si3N4 Ceramics.
• Microstructural Contributions to the Fracture Resistance of Silicon Nitride Ceramics.
• Improvement of Strength and Toughness of Silicon Nitride Ceramics.
• III. Phase Diagrams and SiAlON Composites.
• Calculation of Phase Diagrams of Multicomponent Systems.
• ??? SiAlON Transformation.
• High Performance Silicon Nitride Composite Ceramics Through Grain Boundary and Microstructural Tailoring.
• SiAlON Composite Ceramics.
• IV. Grain Boundary Phases: IV. 1. Properties of Oynitride Glasses.
• Structure, Formation, and Stability of Oxynitride Glasses.
• Rheological Behavior of YSiAlON Glasses — Its Incidence on the High-Temperature Deformation of Si3N4 Ceramics Sintered with Al2O3 and Y2O3 Additives.
• Devitrification Behavior of Oxynitride Glasses.
• IV. Grain Boundary Phases: IV.2. Devitrification in Silicon Nitride Ceramics.
• Crystallization of the Nanophase in Silicon Nitrides.
• Crystallization of Grain Boundary Phases in Silicon Nitride and SiAlON Ceramics.
• High — Temperature Properties of Yb — Containing Si3N4.
• Processing, Phase Formation and Creep Behavior of Si3N4 with Y2O3 and Al2O3.
• IV. Grain Boundary Phases: IV.3. Analysis and Characterization of Intergranular Grain Boundary Films.
• High Resolution ElectronMicroscopy Studies on Silicon Nitride Ceramics.
• Compositions and Thicknesses of Grain Boundary Films in Ca-Doped Silicon Nitride Ceramics.
• The Intergranular Film in Silicon Nitride Ceramics: A Diffuse Interface Approach.
• V. High Temperature Properties.
• Creep Damage Mechanisms in Si3N4.
• Creep Mechanisms in Silicon Nitride Ceramics.
• Tensile Creep Rupture and Subcritical Crack Growth of Silicon Nitride.
• Internal Stresses in Silicon Nitride and Their Influence on Mechanical Behavior.
• Cyclic Fatigue — Crack Growth in Si3N4-Ceramics.
• Subcritical Crack Growth of Si3N4 under Thermal Loading by Light Irradiation.
• Subcritical Crack Growth Resistance in Silicon Nitride Ceramics.
• VI. Mechanical Performance and Applications.
• Fracture Behavior of Silicon Nitride at Elevated Temperatures.
• Mechanical Performance of a Commercial Silicon Nitride Pre-Exposed to a Sulphidizing Atmosphere at High Temperature.
• Ceramics for Engines.
• Fabrication and High Temperature Properties of Silicon Nitride Ceramics with Transition Metal Suicides Dispersion.
• Author Index.