Rare Earth Oxide-Assisted Sintered NASICON Electrolyte Composed of a Phosphate Grain Boundary Phase with Low Electronic Conductivity

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xinxin Wang ◽  
Wentao Mei ◽  
Jingjing Chen ◽  
Dajian Wang ◽  
Zhiyong Mao
Keyword(s):  
Rare Earth ◽  
Grain Boundary ◽  
Electronic Conductivity ◽  
Rare Earth Oxide ◽  
Boundary Phase

Effect of rare-earth species on the wear properties of α sialon and β silicon nitride ceramics under tribochemical type conditions

2004 ◽  
Vol 19 (9) ◽  
pp. 2750-2758 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark I. Jones ◽  
Kiyoshi Hirao ◽  
Hideki Hyuga ◽  
Yukihiko Yamauchi
Keyword(s):  
Rare Earth ◽  
Grain Boundary ◽  
Wear Behavior ◽  
Rare Earth Oxide ◽  
Lower Amount ◽  
Boundary Phase ◽  
Wear Properties ◽  
Sintering Additives ◽  
Nitride Ceramics ◽  
Worn Surfaces

The wear properties under low loads of β Si3N4 and α sialon materials sintered with different rare-earth oxide sintering additives have been studied under dry sliding conditions using block-on-ring wear tests. All the worn surfaces showed an absence of fracture and smooth surfaces with the presence of an oxygen-rich filmlike debris indicating tribochemically induced oxidation of the surfaces. Extensive grain boundary removal was observed on the worn surfaces thought to be due to adhesion between this silicate phase and the tribochemically oxidized surfaces. The resistance to such oxidation and the properties of the residual grain boundary phase are thought to be important parameters affecting the wear behavior under the present testing conditions. For both the β Si3N4 and α sialon materials, there was an increase in wear resistance with decreasing cationic radius of the rare earth, thought to be due to improved oxidation resistance, and this was more remarkable in the case of the sialon materials where the incorporation of the sintering additives into the Si3N4 structure results in a lower amount of residual boundary phase.

Fabrication and Microstructure of Electrically Conductive AlN with High Thermal Conductivity

2011 ◽  
Vol 484 ◽  
pp. 57-60
Author(s):  
Takafumi Kusunose ◽  
Tohru Sekino ◽  
Koiichi Niihara
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Conductivity ◽  
Electrical Conductivity ◽  
Rare Earth ◽  
Sintering Temperature ◽  
Rare Earth Oxide ◽  
High Thermal Conductivity ◽  
Boundary Phase ◽  
Sudden Increase ◽  
Electrically Conductive ◽  
Electrical Conductivities

The electrically conductive AlN with high thermal conductivity were successfully fabricated by sintering AlN with a composite additive of 1wt.% Y2O3 and 4wt.% CeO2 in carbon-reduced atmosphere at over 1600 °C. The sudden increase in electrical conductivity is thought to be caused by transition of grain boundary phase from rare-earth oxide to rare-earth oxycarbide. Their electrical conductivities and thermal conductivities increased with increasing sintering temperature. Additionally, sintering temperature influenced the resultant microstructures.

Fabrication and Properties of Si3N4 with Rare Earth Apatite Grain Boundary Phases

1992 ◽  
Vol 287 ◽  
Author(s):  
Terry N. Tiegs ◽  
Stephen D. Nunn ◽  
Kristin L. Ploetz ◽  
Paul A. Menchoffer ◽  
Claudia A. Walls
Keyword(s):  
Rare Earth ◽  
Silicon Nitride ◽  
Grain Boundary ◽  
Ambient Temperature ◽  
Rare Earth Oxide ◽  
High Toughness ◽  
The Rare Earth

ABSTRACTThe rare earth-oxide and nitride apatites were examined as grain boundary phases in silicon nitride to assess their potential for developing high toughness materials using gas-pressuresintering. Densification was dependent on the quantity of additives used with high densities achieved at equivalent oxygen contents of ∼8%. Fracture toughnesses (KIc) up to 8-10 MPa√m were obtained for some compositions. Ambient temperature flexural strengths were in the range of 400-720 MPa; however, the strengths atelevated temperatures (1200ºC) were reduced from these values.

scholarly journals On the grain‐boundary phase in iron rare‐earth boron magnets

1987 ◽  
Vol 61 (8) ◽  
pp. 2993-2998 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Ramesh ◽  
J. K. Chen ◽  
G. Thomas
Keyword(s):  
Rare Earth ◽  
Grain Boundary ◽  
Boundary Phase

Effect of Er2O3 on the Microstructure and Electrical Properties of (Er, Ta)-Doped Tio2 Capacitor-Varistor Ceramics

2011 ◽  
Vol 216 ◽  
pp. 563-567
Author(s):  
Tian Guo Wang ◽  
Qun Qin ◽  
Dong Jian Zhou
Keyword(s):  
Grain Size ◽  
Rare Earth ◽  
Electrical Properties ◽  
Grain Boundary ◽  
Breakdown Voltage ◽  
Nonlinear Coefficient ◽  
Rare Earth Oxide ◽  
Second Phase ◽  
Barrier Model

TiO2-based capacitor-varistor ceramics doped with Er2O3 were prepared and the microstructures and nonlinear electrical properties were investigated. The results show that there exist second phase Er2TiO3 on the surface of TiO2 grains. The grain size was found to decrease with increasing Er2O3 content. The addition of rare earth oxide Er2O3 leads to increase the nonlinear coefficient and the breakdown voltage. It was found that the nonlinear coefficient presents a peak of α = 4.5 for the sample doped with 1.1 mol% Er2O3, which isconsistent with the highest grain boundary in the composition. In order to illustrate the role of grain boundary barriers for TiO2-Ta2O5-Er2O3 varistors, a grian boundary defect barrier model was introduced.

scholarly journals Effects of Grain Boundary Phase on Coercivity of Dysprosium-Free Rare Earth Magnet

2016 ◽  
Vol 57 (11) ◽  
pp. 1960-1965 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yasushi Enokido ◽  
Masashi Miwa ◽  
Syota Goto ◽  
Yoshinori Fujikawa
Keyword(s):  
Rare Earth ◽  
Grain Boundary ◽  
Boundary Phase ◽  
Rare Earth Magnet

Examination of Fracture Interfaces in Silicon Nitride

1975 ◽  
Vol 33 ◽  
pp. 60-61
Author(s):  
Nancy J. Tighe
Keyword(s):  
Silicon Nitride ◽  
Grain Boundary ◽  
Crack Growth ◽  
Subcritical Crack Growth ◽  
Slow Crack Growth ◽  
Ceramic Materials ◽  
Grain Boundary Sliding ◽  
Boundary Phase ◽  
Turbine Engines ◽  
Boundary Sliding

Silicon nitride is one of the ceramic materials being considered for the components in gas turbine engines which will be exposed to temperatures of 1000 to 1400°C. Test specimens from hot-pressed billets exhibit flexural strengths of approximately 50 MN/m2 at 1000°C. However, the strength degrades rapidly to less than 20 MN/m2 at 1400°C. The strength degradition is attributed to subcritical crack growth phenomena evidenced by a stress rate dependence of the flexural strength and the stress intensity factor. This phenomena is termed slow crack growth and is associated with the onset of plastic deformation at the crack tip. Lange attributed the subcritical crack growth tb a glassy silicate grain boundary phase which decreased in viscosity with increased temperature and permitted a form of grain boundary sliding to occur.

Characterization of intergranular cuprous oxide in polycrystalline YBa2Cu3O7-x

1988 ◽  
Vol 46 ◽  
pp. 880-881
Author(s):  
Bradley L. Thiel ◽  
Chan Han R. P. ◽  
Kurosky L. C. Hutter ◽  
I. A. Aksay ◽  
Mehmet Sarikaya
Keyword(s):  
Grain Boundary ◽  
Cuprous Oxide ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
Boundary Phase ◽  
Spectroscopic Techniques ◽  
Transition Width ◽  
Practical Applications ◽  
Thin Foils ◽  
Superconducting Oxides

The identification of extraneous phases is important in understanding of high Tc superconducting oxides. The spectroscopic techniques commonly used in determining the origin of superconductivity (such as RAMAN, XPS, AES, and EXAFS) are surface-sensitive. Hence a grain boundary phase several nanometers thick could produce irrelevant spectroscopic results and cause erroneous conclusions. The intergranular phases present a major technological consideration for practical applications. In this communication we report the identification of a Cu2O grain boundary phase which forms during the sintering of YBa2Cu3O7-x (1:2:3 compound).Samples are prepared using a mixture of Y2O3. CuO, and BaO2 powders dispersed in ethanol for complete mixing. The pellets pressed at 20,000 psi are heated to 950°C at a rate of 5°C per min, held for 1 hr, and cooled at 1°C per min to room temperature. The samples show a Tc of 91K with a transition width of 2K. In order to prevent damage, a low temperature stage is used in milling to prepare thin foils which are then observed, using a liquid nitrogen holder, in a Philips 430T at 300 kV.

scholarly journals Effect of rare earth oxide CeO2 on the anodic bonding performance of PEG-based MEMS encapsulation materials

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 168781402110077
Author(s):  
Chao Du ◽  
Cuirong Liu ◽  
Xu Yin ◽  
Haocheng Zhao
Keyword(s):  
Tensile Strength ◽  
Rare Earth ◽  
Rare Earth Oxide ◽  
Solid Polymer Electrolytes ◽  
Anodic Bonding ◽  
Solid Polymer ◽  
Bonding Layer ◽  
Scanning Calorimetry ◽  
Ion Migration ◽  
Bonding Performance

Herein, we synthesized a new polyethylene glycol (PEG)-based solid polymer electrolyte containing a rare earth oxide, CeO2, using mechanical metallurgy to prepare an encapsulation bonding material for MEMS. The effects of CeO2 content (0–15 wt.%) on the anodic bonding properties of the composites were investigated. Samples were analyzed and characterized by alternating current impedance spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, differential scanning calorimetry, tensile strength tests, and anodic bonding experiments. CeO2 reduced the crystallinity of the material, promoted ion migration, increased the conductivity, increased the peak current of the bonding process, and increased the tensile strength. The maximum bonding efficiency and optimal bonding layer were obtained at 8 wt% CeO2. This study expands the applications of solid polymer electrolytes as encapsulation bonding materials.

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