Elevated‐Temperature Mechanical Properties of Silicon Nitride/Boron Nitride Fibrous Monolithic Ceramics

A unique, all-ceramic material capable of nonbrittle fracture via crack deflection and delamination has been mechanically characterized from 25° through 1400°C. This material, fibrous monoliths, was comprised of unidirectionally aligned 250 mm diameter silicon nitride cells surrounded by 10 to 20 mm thick boron nitride cell boundaries. The average flexure strengths of fibrous monoliths were 510 and 290 MPa for specimens tested at room temperature and 1300°C, respectively. Crack deflection in the BN cell boundaries was observed at all temperatures. Characteristic flexural responses were observed at temperatures between 25° and 1400°C. Changes in the flexural response at different temperatures were attributed to changes in the physical properties of either the silicon nitride cells or boron nitride cell boundary.

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