Abstract
Abstract Three porous Si 3 N 4 ceramics were fabricated using the same starting Si 3 N 4 powder by techniques of (1) oxidation-bonding combined with sol–gel infiltration sintering (OB-IS), (2) cold-pressing combined with pressureless-sintering (CP-PS), and (3) 3D-printing combined with pressureless-sintering (3DP-PS). Due to the obvious difference in microstructure, phase composition, linear shrinkage, pore size distribution and porosity, the three porous Si 3 N 4 ceramics possess characteristic in mechanical properties. Si 3 N 4 -(OB-IS) possesses lower flexural strength (23–120 MPa), fracture toughness (0.4–1.4 MPa m 1/2 ) and Young's modulus (9.1–26.3 GPa) but the highest Vickers hardness (1.1–4.1 GPa). Si 3 N 4 -(CP-PS) possesses the highest flexural strength (143–207 MPa), fracture toughness (2.3–3.4 MPa m 1/2 ) and Young's modulus (45.8–58.5 GPa) but lower Vickers hardness (0.8–1.1 GPa). Si 3 N 4 -(3DP-PS) possesses the lowest flexural strength (13 MPa), fracture toughness (0.3 MPa m 1/2 ), Young's modulus (3.9 GPa) and Vickers hardness (0.4 GPa).
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