Toughening in boron nitride nanotubes/silicon nitride composites

  • Ya Fei Chen
  • , Jian Qiang Bi*
  • , Wei Li Wang
  • , Yan Zhao
  • , Guang Lei You
  • , Chong Long Yin
  • , Yu Jun Bai
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Boron nitride nanotubes (BNNTs)/silicon nitride composites were fabricated by hot pressing. The fracture toughness of the composite containing 1.5. wt% BNNTs increases about 40% than that of the monolithic. The BNNTs pullout, BNNTs necking and the development of elongated grains are the main responsible factors for the toughness improvement.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)16-20
Number of pages5
JournalMaterials Science & Engineering A: Structural Materials: Properties, Microstructure and Processing
Volume590
DOIs
StatePublished - 10 Jan 2014
Externally publishedYes

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
This work is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 51272132 ) and Independent Innovation Foundation of Shandong University ( 2012TS213 ).

Keywords

  • Boron nitride nanotubes
  • Composites
  • Hot pressing
  • Silicon nitride
  • Toughening

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Materials Science
  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Mechanics of Materials
  • Mechanical Engineering

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