Abstract
The crystal structure and phonon densities of states (DOS) of β‐SiAlON ceramics, Si6_zAlzOzN8‐z (0 < z < 4), prepared by a novel slipcast method, are studied by neutron‐scattering techniques. The samples with z < 4 form a single‐phase solid solution of Si‐Al‐O‐N isostructural to β‐Si3N4 (space group P63/m). A consistent preferential occupation of the 2c sites by oxygen atoms and the 6h sites by nitrogen atoms exists within this structure. The phonon DOS of β'‐SiAlON displays phonon bands at ∼50 and 115 meV. These features are considerably broader than the corresponding ones in β‐Si3N4 powder.
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