Abstract
Area-selectively liquid-phase sintering (AS-LPS) method was developed to control the coarsening of Si particles in Al/60vol.% Si composites with the help of sol-gel-derived interfacial modification, achieved by pre-coating discontinuous Al2O3 film on Si powders. The results show that due to the local presence of less than 1 μm-thick films, Si particles can approximately preserve their as-received size and morphology after being sintered at 950 °C. Whereas, for those prepared by use of the unmodified Si powders, Si phases evolve to several hundred-micron-sized flakes, being similar to the typical eutectic Si in Al-Si casting alloys. It is assumed that the Al2O3-film-coated areas at Al/Si interface control the dissolution of Si into Al liquid, while in uncoated areas Al matrix and Si particles bond together by LPS, thus realizing AS-LPS.
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