화학공학소재연구정보센터
Journal of the American Ceramic Society, Vol.83, No.8, 1861-1867, 2000
Rheological behavior of slurries and consolidated bodies containing mixed silicon nitride networks
Two particle networks, each formulated with a different interparticle potential, were mixed to control the rheological properties of ceramic slurries and to develop claylike plasticity in consolidated bodies. A weakly attractive network, containing silicon nitride powder, alkylated with hexadecanol, was mixed with a second slurry containing flocculated (nonalkylated) silicon nitride powder. The elastic modulus and apparent yield stress of concentrated suspensions containing each constituent and their mixtures were found to increase with volume fraction according to a previously reported power law function (exponents of 4.8 and 3.75, respectively). Because of the large difference in the relative strengths of the two networks, the flocculated network overwhelmingly controlled the behavior of the mixed slurries when its volume fraction (relative to total solids) exceeded 0.30, Slurries were consolidated by pressure filtration, and the saturated bodies were tested in uniaxial compression. Bodies containing only alkylated powder parked to a high volume fraction and deformed at a low flow stress. The addition of small amounts of the flocculated network increased the flow stress to produce a body with rheological properties similar to clay.