SiC-AlN multiphase ceramics with 10 wt. %Y2O3-BaO-SiO2 additives were fabricated by pressureless sintering in a nitrogen atmosphere. The effects of SiC contents and sintering temperatures on the sinterability, microstructure, thermal conductivity and high-frequency dielectric properties were characterized. In addition to 6H-SiC and AlN, the samples also contained Y3Al5O12 and Y4Al2O9. SiC-AlN ceramics sintered with 50 wt. % SiC at 2173 K exhibited the best thermal diffusivity and thermal conductivity (26.21 mm2·s−1 and 61.02 W·m−1·K−1, respectively). The dielectric constant and dielectric loss of the sample sintered with 50 wt. % SiC and 2123 K were 33–37 and 0.4–0.5 at 12.4–18 GHz. The dielectric constant and dielectric loss of the samples decreased as the frequency of electromagnetic waves increased from 12.4–18 GHz. The dielectric thermal conductivity properties of the SiC-AlN samples are discussed.
6BaO·xCaO·2Al2O3 (x = 0.8, 1.2, 1.6, 2, and 2.2) aluminates were synthesized via a liquid phase co-precipitation method. Effects of the molar amount of CaO on the phase of aluminates before and after melting and their hygroscopic phase, melting properties, environmental stability, evaporation, and emission properties were systematically studied. The results show that with the increase of the molar amount of CaO, the aluminates change from a mixture phase to a single phase of Ba3CaAl2O7, and the diffraction peak shifts to a higher angle. The melted phase of the aluminates changed from a single phase to a mixed phase of Ba5CaAl4O12 and Ba3CaAl2O7. Meanwhile, the comprehensive properties of the aluminates are improved. The weight gain of 6BaO·2CaO·2Al2O3 aluminates is only 10.88% after exposure to air for 48 h; the pulse emission current density of barium tungsten cathodes impregnated with 6BaO·2CaO·2Al2O3 aluminates in the porous tungsten matrix can reach 28.60 A/cm2 at 1050 °C, and the evaporation rate is 2.52 × 10−10 g/(cm2·s).
28 November 2014 in Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics