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Properties and Corrosion

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temperatures (i.e., 1000°C), the compressive stresses that may cause spalling were relieved by extrusion of the oxide product from the interior of the material. Thus, prolonged oxidation at 1000°C did not degrade this material.

Oxynitrides

In a study of β’ and O’ SiAlON solutions, O’Brien et al. [8.33] found that the oxygen (or nitrogen) content significantly affected the performance of these materials. The grain boundary glassy phase viscosity increased as the nitrogen content increased, which subsequently slowed the healing of flaws (see Chapter 2, Section 2.2.3 on Glasses and Chapter 6, Section 6.2 upon Silicate Glasses for a discussion of the effects of nitrogen upon durability). The higher viscosity glassy phase also trapped evolving gases more easily, creating additional flaws. In general, the mean retained flexural strengths after oxidation at 1273 K for 24 hr of the SiAlON solutions was higher than that of several silicon nitrides, with the strengths being generally proportional to the oxidation resistance. O’Brien et al. concluded that the retained strengths after oxidation were dependent upon the characteristics of the surface oxide layer that formed. At higher temperatures, the potential for flaw healing was dependent upon the amount and composition of the glassy phase formed.

A zirconium oxynitride with the stoichiometry ZrO2–2x N4x/3 was reported by Claussen et al. [8.34] to form as a secondary phase in hot-pressed ZrO2–Si3N4. This phase readily oxidized to monoclinic ZrO2 at temperatures greater than 500°C. Lange [8.35] used the volume change (about 4–5%) associated with this oxidation to evaluate the formation of a surface compression layer on silicon nitride compositions containing 5–30 vol.% zirconia. To develop the correct stress distribution for formation of the surface compressive layer, the secondary phase that oxidizes must be uniformly distributed throughout the matrix. When oxidized at 700°C for 5 hr, a material containing 20 vol.% ZrO2 exhibited an increase in strength from 683 to 862 MPa. Lange attributed this increase in strength

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