Role of organic additives on non-aqueous tape casting of SiAlON ceramics

A. Ceylan Ali, Ender Suvaci, Hasan Mandal

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Abstract

Suspensions consisting of precursor α/β SiAlON forming powders, azeotropic solvent mixture of 60MEK/40E, dispersant, binder, and plasticizer were optimized for tape casting by rheological measurements and tape properties. Sodium tripolyphosphate (STPP) was introduced as a dispersant for low temperature applications of α/β-SiAlONs. Optimum STPP amount was determined as 0.012g/m2 (of the particle surface) for stable α/β-SiAlON suspensions. Different amounts of binder/plasticizer mixtures were added to the slurries and the effects on rheological and green tape properties were investigated. Green tapes with dibutyl phthalate (DBP), and plasticizer mixture, poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) and DBP, exhibited centered cracks with high plasticity, on the other hand, polyvinyl butral (PVB) and PEG showed no crack but low plasticity. Therefore, many different parameters were found to be effective on final tape properties. In addition, tapes were prepared with 6vol% PVB+PEG, sintered at 1800°C for 2h and exhibited almost 97%TD in room temperature applications of α/β SiAlONs.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)167-173
Number of pages7
JournalJournal of the European Ceramic Society
Volume31
Issue number1-2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jan 2011
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • α/β SiAlON
  • Plasticity
  • Suspension
  • Tape casting

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