The use of ceramic has gradually increased over the past few years. Si3N4 is one of the most important ceramics used as structural material for high temperature applications. The practical use of advanced ceramics depends on the reliability of ceramic/metal joining techniques and the properties of the resulting interfaces. This work focuses on various aspects of diffusion bonding of Si3N4 to Ti as well as on the use of Ti-foil interlayer during the self-joining of Si3N4. Si3N4/Ti and Si3N 4/Ti-foil/Si3N4 combinations were diffusion joined by hot-uniaxial pressing and the microstructural characterization of the resulting interfaces was carried out by SEM, EPMA, and X-ray diffraction. / Diffusion bonding was carried out at temperatures ranging from 1200 to 1500ºC using different holding times, pressures, and surface roughness of the joining materials. The results showed that Si3N4 could not be bonded to Ti at temperatures lower than 1400ºC, however successful joining at higher temperatures. Joining occurred by the formation of a reactive interface on the Ti side of the joint. At temperatures greater than 1330ºC, liquid formation occurred by the interaction of Ti with Si promoting bonding, as well as the high affinity of Ti for Si resulted in rapid interface formation of silicides, initially Ti5Si3. EPMA and X-ray diffraction confirmed the presence of Ti5Si3, TiSi, and TiN at the interface. The surface roughness of the joining materials plays an important role since thicker interfaces were obtained for polished samples compared to as-ground samples. The interfaces grew in a parabolic fashion with the formation of various Ti-silicides (Ti5Si3 and TiSi) as well as Ti-nitride (TiN) at the interface. / Evaluation of joint strengths as a function of the experimental parameters such as, joining temperature and time was obtained by four-point bending test performed on Si3N4/Ti/Si3N4 joints. Strong joints were produced at joining temperatures greater than 1450ºC with average bend strength of more than 100 MPa. The maximum joint strength was obtained in samples hot-pressed at 1500ºC and 120 minutes reaching a value of 147 MPa.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.37760 |
| Date | January 2000 |
| Creators | Lemus-Ruiz, Jose. |
| Contributors | Drew, Robin A. L. (advisor) |
| Publisher | McGill University |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Coverage | Doctor of Philosophy (Department of Mining and Metallurgical Engineering.) |
| Rights | All items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated. |
| Relation | alephsysno: 001808206, proquestno: NQ70076, Theses scanned by UMI/ProQuest. |
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