Sialon-base ceramic materials excellent in wear resistance

Compositions: ceramic – Ceramic compositions – Carbide or oxycarbide containing

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264 61, 501 93, 501 97, 501 98, C04B 3556, C04B 3558

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Sialon-base ceramic materials having both high hardness and good sinterability and can show excellent wear resistance when used in cutting tools and other wear-resisting tools. A Sialon-base ceramic material according to the invention has main components consisting of .beta.-Sialon expressed by a chemical formula Si.sub.6-z Al.sub.z O.sub.z N.sub.8-z, z being larger than 0 but not more than 4.3, and .alpha.-Sialon expressed by a chemical formula M.sub.x (Si, Al).sub.12 (O,N).sub.16, x being larger than 0 but not more than 2, M representing at least one selected from the group consisting of Li, Na, Ca, Mg, Y, and any rare earth element, the ratio of the .alpha.-Sialon/the .beta.-Sialon being within a range from 25/75 to 95/5 in volume. The Sialon-base ceramic material further includes as a disperse phase-forming component 1-40 percent by volume at least one selected from the group consisting of carbide of Ti, Zr, or Hf, nitride thereof, carbo-nitride thereof, and carbo-oxi-nitride thereof, and as a combined phase-forming component 1-20 percent by volume at least one selected from the group consisting of oxide of any of the above M-forming elements, the above disperse phase-forming metallic elements, Si, or Al, and nitride thereof. Part of the above disperse phase-forming component (S1) may be substituted by at least one (S2) selected from the group consisting of carbide of V, Nb, Ta, or Cr, nitride thereof, carbo-nitride thereof, carbo-oxi-nitride thereof, and carbide of Mo or W, the ratio S2/(S1+S2) being within a range from 0.01 to 0.5 in volume.

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