Effect of Ti-Si-Fe alloys on microstructure and properties of nitride/oxynitride bonded SiC ceramics sintered under CO/N2 atmosphere

作者：Yao, Luyan; Ke, Changming; Zhang, Jinhua^*; Li, Yuanbing^*; Han, Bingqiang; Wang, Jingran

来源：Ceramics International, 2022, 48(21): 31203-31210.

DOI：10.1016/j.ceramint.2022.06.195

• Nitride
• oxynitride bonded SiC ceramics
• Reactive sintering
• Ti-Si-Fe alloys

Ti-Si-Fe alloys extracted from high-titanium blast furnace slag were utilized to replace part of the silicon powders, and then nitride/oxynitride bonded SiC ceramics were prepared by reactive sintering in graphite bed. Ti-Si-Fe alloys could react with CO/N2 at a low temperature (1200 degrees C), and the addition of Ti-Si-Fe alloys could reduce the nitriding temperature of Si. Density functional theory calculations suggested that Ti-Si-Fe alloys enhanced reaction activity via weakening the strength of C--O and NN bonds. The regional equilibrium phase diagrams of Si-C-N-O and Ti-Si-C-N-O under CO/N2 atmosphere were calculated by thermodynamics. The change of whiskers morphology was observed by scanning electron microscope. Furthermore, the bulk density, the cold modulus of rupture, and the cold compressive strength improved with Ti-Si-Fe alloys content. The results showed that the addition of Ti-Si-Fe alloys not only significantly promoted nitriding of Si and formation of Si3N4 whiskers, but also improved the mechanical properties of the samples.