Abstract
Aluminium oxynitride (Alon) exhibits excellent stability, high rigidity and good thermal shock resistance, but it has relatively low strength and poor fracture toughness. The aim of this investigation was to develop a new type of zirconium nitride (ZrN) nano-particulate reinforced Alon composites via a change of ZrO2 nano-particles during sintering. A reduction of porosity and grain size was observed in the composite. With increasing amount of ZrN nano-particles up to 2.7%, the relative density, hardness, Young's modulus, flexural strength, and fracture toughness all increased. When the ZrN nano-particles exceeded 2.7%, while the flexural strength and fracture toughness decreased slightly, the density, hardness and Young's modulus continued to increase. Different toughening mechanisms including crack bridging, crack branching and crack deflection were observed, thus effectively increasing the crack propagation resistance and leading to a considerable improvement in the flexural strength and fracture toughness of the composites.
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