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Nonepitaxial heterogeneous nucleation of α-sialon in the Ca-doped system

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 January 2011

Ya-Wen Li
Affiliation:
The State Key Lab of High Performance Ceramics and Superfine Microstructure, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200050, People's Republic of China
Pei-Ling Wang
Affiliation:
The State Key Lab of High Performance Ceramics and Superfine Microstructure, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200050, People's Republic of China
Wei-Wu Chen
Affiliation:
The State Key Lab of High Performance Ceramics and Superfine Microstructure, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200050, People's Republic of China
Jing-Wei Feng
Affiliation:
The State Key Lab of High Performance Ceramics and Superfine Microstructure, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200050, People's Republic of China
Yi-Bing Cheng
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Engineering, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, 3168, Australia
Dong-Sheng Yan
Affiliation:
The State Key Lab of High Performance Ceramics and Superfine Microstructure, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200050, People's Republic of China
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Abstract

Ca-α-sialon compacts pressureless-sintered to intermediate temperatures, which consisted of both α-sialon and unreacted α–Si3N4 grains, were investigated with transmission electron microscopy for an overall composition Ca1.8Si6.6Al5.4O1.8N14.2. Special attention was paid to identification of the possible crystallographic orientation between a-sialon and the α–Si3N4 particles. In contrast to the frequently occurring heteroepitaxial nucleation of α-sialon in rare-earth-doped samples with low x values, this study showed that most of the newly formed α-sialon grains had no epitaxial orientation relationship with the α–Si3N4 particles, suggesting nonepitaxial heterogeneous nucleation to be a more probable mechanism for the Ca–α-sialon phase with high Ca concentrations.

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