Shape deformation and texture development of consolidated Ca α-SiAlON ceramics prepared by hot-forging

Guanghua Liu, Kexin Chen*, Heping Zhou, Haibo Jin, C. Pereira, J. M.F. Ferreira

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Abstract

Consolidated Ca α-SiAlON ceramics with gradually varying microstructure and property was prepared by hot-forging. The shape deformation as well as texture development of the sample during forging was studied in detail. It was found that the forging process promoted the growth of elongated α-SiAlON grains and enhanced their preferred orientation with the longitude perpendicular to the pressing force. The strong texture offered the hot-forged sample an increased fracture toughness of 7.9 MPa m1/2, which was primarily attributed to the pull-out and debonding behaviors of elongated grains.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)425-430
Number of pages6
JournalMaterials Research Bulletin
Volume43
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 5 Feb 2008

Keywords

  • A. Ceramics
  • D. Mechanical properties
  • D. Microstructure

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