• Journal of Inorganic Materials
  • Vol. 37, Issue 3, 347 (2022)
Longzhi HUANG1、2, Jie YIN1、2、*, Xiao CHEN1、2, Xinguang WANG3, Xuejian LIU1、*, and Zhengren HUANG1、4
Author Affiliations
  • 11. Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200050, China
  • 22. College of Materials Science and Opto-Electronic Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100864, China
  • 33. Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, China
  • 44. Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ningbo 315201, China
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    DOI: 10.15541/jim20210699 Cite this Article
    Longzhi HUANG, Jie YIN, Xiao CHEN, Xinguang WANG, Xuejian LIU, Zhengren HUANG. Selective Laser Sintering of SiC Green Body with Low Binder Content[J]. Journal of Inorganic Materials, 2022, 37(3): 347 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    Belonging to the family of SiC-based composites, Al/SiC has excellent mechanical and thermal properties, making it irreplaceable in high-power electronic devices, key cooling components of 5G base station, electric vehicles, high-speed brake pads, space probe operation devices, and other related fields featured by high technologies. The melt infiltration method, which can achieve near-net forming, has been recognized to be a favorable method for preparing Al/SiC composites to overcome the disadvantages of traditional processing. How to obtain a high-quality silicon carbide (SiC) ceramic green body is a key for the perfect melt infiltration method. Selective laser sintering (SLS) technology provides a new opportunity for a top grade ceramic forming process, which is rapid and efficient in realizing large-scale and complicated-shape without cast molding. Here, the SiC green body was obtained by SLS technique with thermoplastic phenolic resin as binder and its content lower than 15% (in volume) for the subsequent procedure to fabricate composite materials. However, low binder content results in low flexural strength. As the resin content increases to 25% (in volume), the strength of the SiC green body reaches 3.77 MPa with a strength increment of 702.1% for the SLS SiC green body. Spray drying was applied to form more spherical powder. Nevertheless, the porosity of the SiC green body is still high (71.18%), due to porous microstructure remaining in spray-dried powder, which leads to deteriorated strength of the green body.
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    Longzhi HUANG, Jie YIN, Xiao CHEN, Xinguang WANG, Xuejian LIU, Zhengren HUANG. Selective Laser Sintering of SiC Green Body with Low Binder Content[J]. Journal of Inorganic Materials, 2022, 37(3): 347
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