Microstructure-permeability relation of porous β-Si3N4 ceramics

Gülsüm Topates*, Lars Mammitzsch, Uwe Petasch, Joerg Adler, Ferhat Kara, Hasan Mandal

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Abstract

Porous β-Si3N4 ceramics with two distinct structures were produced by using two different Si3N4 sources to investigate the relationship between microstructure and permeability. Results showed that regardless of pore amount, size of pore channels, shape-distribution of β-Si3N4 grains are more effective on permeability of porous Si3N4 ceramics. Higher permeability and lower contribution of inertial forces was obtained by microstructure consists of coarse and equiaxed grains even at lower porosity amount. Calculated Forchheimer number (Fo) and measured the local breadth of a pore also supported the effect of microstructure on permeability.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1545-1551
Number of pages7
JournalJournal of the European Ceramic Society
Volume33
Issue number9
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Aug 2013
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Microstructure
  • Permeability
  • Porosity
  • SiN
  • Structural applications

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