Coating of SiC Powder with Nano YAG Phase
摘要
SiC-YAG(Y3Al5O12) ceramic composite powders were prepared by co-precipitation coating method. Mechanism of co-precipitation coating of SiC powders with Y3+ and Al3+ precursors was investigated. If the concentration of [OH-] ion in the solution is controlled within the range between critical values for heterogeneous nucleation and homogeneous nucleation, Y3+ and Al3+ precipitation precursors can be coated on the surface of SiC particles. Y3+ and Al3+ precipitation precursors transform into YAG phase after calcining at 1000 ℃ without the formation of YAM and YAP phases. The formation temperature of YAG phase is about 600 ℃ lower than that of conventional powder mixing method. The effect of pH value of the solution and precipitant titration rate on coating quality of SiC-YAG composite powders was also studied. The results show that co-precipitation coating can be realized at a final pH of 9 and a precipitant titration rate of 5 ml·min-1.