Effect of premix ratio on mechanical properties of silicon nitride ceramics prepared by stereolithography
LIU Yao1, HE Yu1, XIN Feng1, WANG Bin1, ZHAN Lina1, WEN Ruquan1, XIAO Wenfu1, LIU Shaojun2
1. College of Mechanical and Electronic Engineering, Pingxiang University, Pingxiang 337000, China; 2. State Key Laboratory of Powder Metallurgy, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China
Abstract:Using three diluents of 1,6-hexanediol diacrylate (HDDA), 2-hydroxyethyl acrylate (HEA) and trimethylpropane triacrylate (TMPTA), and four kinds of prepolymers of epoxy acrylate (EA), water-based polyurethane acrylate (PUA), modified acrylate (WUV) and aliphatic epoxy acrylate (APU) as raw materials, Si3N4 ceramic powder modified by silane coupling agent KH560 is added to prepare Si3N4 ceramic slurry. Si3N4 ceramics were prepared by light curing, debinding and sintering. The effects of diluent ratio, prepolymer type and solid content (i.e. the volume fraction of Si3N4) on the rheological properties of ceramic slurry were studied. The appropriate sintering temperature was determined and the mechanical properties of Si3N4 ceramics were measured. The results show that when HDDA, HEA and TMPTA are mixed in a mass ratio of 3:1:6 as the diluent, the premixed liquid made with prepolymer EA has the lowest relative molecular mass and viscosity. The light cured green body with 45% solid phase content is compact, and there are no holes and cracks after debinding at 160 ℃. The microhardness and fracture toughness of Si3N4 ceramics sintered at 1 750 ℃ and 5 MPa are 14.57 GPa and 5.78 MPa·m1/2 respectively.
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LIU Yao, HE Yu, XIN Feng, WANG Bin, ZHAN Lina, WEN Ruquan, XIAO Wenfu, LIU Shaojun. Effect of premix ratio on mechanical properties of silicon nitride ceramics prepared by stereolithography. Materials Science and Engineering of Powder Metallurgy, 2020, 25(5): 417-423.
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