Research Progress on Synthesis of γ-AlON Ceramic Powders

Abstract

Abstract: Transparent γ-AlON ceramics have the advantages of high hardness, good chemical resistance and high optical transmittance, and have extensive application prospects in national defense and commercial fields. Whereas, high-purity single-phase γ-AlON powders with less agglomeration, uniform distribution of particle size are critical in sintering highly transparent γ-AlON ceramics. In this paper, Al₂O₃-AlN phase diagrams and thermodynamic calculation results of γ-AlON are briefly introduced. And then, the research progress of γ-AlON powders synthesized by high temperature solid-state reaction, aluminothermic reduction nitridation, and carbothermal reduction nitridation, respectively, is reviewed. Finally, the future synthesis technologies for γ-AlON powder with <100 nm size are proposed.

Key words: aluminum oxynitride, powder synthesis, high temperature solid-state reaction, aluminothermic reduction nitridation, carbothermal reduction nitridation

CLC Number:

TQ174

LI Ke, YANG Zhangfu, LI Xinzhu, ZHU Chaodong, XIAO Meihui, ZHANG Junjie, BU Guoxiu. Research Progress on Synthesis of γ-AlON Ceramic Powders[J]. BULLETIN OF THE CHINESE CERAMIC SOCIETY, 2021, 40(7): 2360-2367.

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