Abstract

Employing nano-sized granular Y2O3 (NGY) as additive, AlON ceramics with transmittance ≥80% across wavelengths at 380–4150 nm were successfully fabricated via pressureless sintering at 1880 °C for 2.5 h, the dwelling duration is much shorter than the ≥7 h reported in literature. The distribution of Y2O3 in starting mixtures, along with phase transformation, microstructure evolution and densification process of the samples during heating were thoroughly studied to reveal the fast densification mechanism. Local enrichment of Y2O3 in the AlON/Y2O3 mixtures was significantly reduced when using NGY instead of micro-sized lamellar Y2O3. The reduction of excessive local Y2O3 concentration resulted in less α-Al2O3 was decomposed from AlON during heating, and further suppressed local aggregation/coarsening at ≤1600 °C. The excellent microstructure obtained at early stage of sintering, together with the improved effective Y2O3 concentration in whole sample led by the decrease in local Y2O3 enrichment accelerate the densification process of AlON.

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