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Study on the anisotropic growth of rod-like Yb α-SiAlON crystals prepared by combustion synthesis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 November 2004

Guanghua Liu ,
Kexin Chen ,
Heping Zhou  and
J.M.F. Ferreira
Guanghua Liu
Affiliation:
Department of Material Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of New Ceramics and Fine Processing, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, People’s Republic of China
Kexin Chen
Affiliation:
Department of Material Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of New Ceramics and Fine Processing, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, People’s Republic of China
Heping Zhou
Affiliation:
Department of Material Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of New Ceramics and Fine Processing, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, People’s Republic of China
J.M.F. Ferreira
Affiliation:
Department of Ceramics and Glass Engineering, CICECO, University of Aveiro,Aveiro 3810-193, Portugal
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Abstract

In this paper, single-phase Yb α-SiAlON powder with rod-like crystals was fabricated by combustion synthesis. The microstructural development of the rod-like α-SiAlON crystals was studied, and anisotropic grain growth was observed. Furthermore, the growth mechanism of the rod-like α-SiAlON crystals was investigated, and the experimental results indicated that during the anisotropic grain growth, the fast growth plane was the basal plane in the hexagonal crystal lattice.

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Grain growthSelf-propagating high-temperature synthesis (SHS)Texture
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Journal of Materials Research , Volume 19 , Issue 11 , November 2004 , pp. 3408 - 3413
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2004

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