In view of the considerable progress that has been made over the last several years on the
fundamental understanding of phase relationships, microstructural design, and tailoring of …

Purpose: The purpose of this review is to examine the development of silicon nitride and the
related sialons and their processing into a range of high-grade structural ceramic materials …

Silicon nitride has been researched intensively, largely in response to the challenge to
develop internal combustion engines with hot‐zone components made entirely from …

Two different α-sialon compositions have been densified by either pressureless sintering or
capsul-free sinter HIPing using either single cation namely strontium, lanthanum, cerium …

Silicon nitride powders most often consist primarily of the α phase, which transforms into the
β phase during the densification and microstructural evolution of Si3N4 ceramics. The …

This chapter reviews one of the important engineering ceramics developed over the last 40
years, silicon nitride and the related SiAlONs, a “family” of structural materials with high …

Two silicon nitride powders were investigated by high resolution X-ray diffraction. The first
sample was crystallized from the powder prepared by the vapour phase reaction of silicon …

Phase diagrams on the α′‐SiAlON plane have been investigated for ytterbium‐, yttrium‐,
and neodymium‐containing systems at different temperatures. Phase relationships between …

Silicon nitride nanowires and nanotudes were synthesized from a binary sol–gel route, in
which tetraethoxysilane (TEOS) and phenolic resin were used to prepare a carbonaceous …

The most intriguing recent development in the field of silicon nitride ceramics has
undoubtedly been the discovery of a cubic form of silicon nitride. Major advances were …