Dense silicon nitride composite material

Details Dense silicon nitride composite material Dense silicon nitride composite material

1997-05-14

1999-09-07

Group, Karl

Compositions: ceramic

Ceramic compositions

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501 963, 264624, 264683, C04B 35596, C04B 3558

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active

059487178

ABSTRACT:
The invention discloses a dense silicon nitride composite material which may be used as a high-temperature component in building armatures and motors with a long service life and high reliability even at higher temperatures. More specifically, the invention discloses a dense silicon nitride composite material containing 3 to 50 wt. % of a reinforcing component, in which the reinforcing component contains 10 to 90 wt. % Me.sub.5 Si.sub.3 and the remaining portion is either MeSi.sub.2 or MeSi.sub.2 and silicides with other stoichiometries and Me is a metal or a mixture of metals. The present invention is made by a method in which the material is produced by sintering and/or hot pressing and/or hot isostatic pressing and the reinforcing components are added as Me.sub.5 Si.sub.3 and MeSi.sub.2 powder or as a preliminary stage in which, until closed porosity is achieved, a nitrogen pressure/temperature ratio corresponding to a predetermined relationship is maintained which results in the formation and stabilization of Me.sub.5 Si.sub.3.

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