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Microstructure and thermal conductivity of AIN ceramics with ${Y_2}{O_3}$ fabricated by pressureless sintering  

Chae, Jae-Hong (Korea Institute of Ceramic Engineering and Technology)
Park, Joo-Seok (Korea Institute of Ceramic Engineering and Technology)
Ahn, Jong-Pil (Korea Institute of Ceramic Engineering and Technology)
Kim, Kyoung-Hun (Korea Institute of Ceramic Engineering and Technology)
Abstract
The effect of ${Y_2}{O_3}$ as a sintering additive on thermal conductivity and microstructure of pressureless sintered AIN ceramics was investigated at sintering temperature range from 1,700 to $1,900^{\circ}C$. ${Y_2}{O_3}$ added AIN specimens showed higher densification rate than pure AIN because of the formation of the yttrium aluminates secondary phase by reaction of ${Y_2}{O_3}$ and ${Al_2}{O_3}$ of AIN surface. The thermal conductivity of AIN specimens was promoted by the addition of ${Y_2}{O_3}$ in spite of the formation of secondary phase in AIN gram boundaries and grain boundary triple junction, because ${Y_2}{O_3}$ addition could reduced the oxygen contents in AIN lattice which is primary factor of thermal conductivity. The them1al conductivity of AIN specimens was promoted by increasing sintering time because the increases of average grain size and the elimination of secondary phases from the grain boundary due to the evaporation. Particularly. the thermal conductivity of AIN specimen sintered at $1,900^{\circ}C$ for 5 hours improved over 20 %. $141\;Wm^{-1}K^{-1}$, compared with the specimen sintered at $1,900^{\circ}C$ for 1 hour.
Keywords
Aluminum nitride; Yttria; Thermal conductivity; Pressureless Sintering;
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