Preparation of single phase nano-sized β-SiAlON powders by nitridation of silica-alumina gel in ammonia

Li Zhang, Litong Zhang, Zhijun Lin, Yan Jiang, Jing He, Wuji Cai, Siwei Li

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Abstract

β-SiAlON powder was prepared from silica-alumina gel and by heat-treatment in ammonia. Element analysis, X-ray diffraction, magic-angle spinning nuclear magnetic resonance, scanning electron microscopy and transmission electron microscopy were used to characterize the powder. It was found that nitridation reactions took place at 1100 C and β-SiAlON began to crystallize at 1300 C with mullite, O-SiAlON and χ-SiAlON as the intermediate phases. Nano-sized single phase β-SiAlON powder was obtained after heating at 1350 C for 3 h.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2539-2543
Number of pages5
JournalCeramics International
Volume40
Issue number1 PART B
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 2014

Keywords

  • A. Sol-gel processes
  • Ammonia
  • D. Sialon
  • Powders

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