Journal of Inorganic Materials, Volume. 38, Issue 12, 1373(2023)

Effect of Particle Grading on Properties of Silicon Carbide Ceramics by Binder Jetting Printing

Xuesu GU1, Jie YIN1、*, Kanglong WANG1, Chong CUI2, Hui MEI3, Zhongming CHEN1, Xuejian LIU1, and Zhengren HUANG1,4、*
Author Affiliations
  • 11. Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200050, China
  • 22. School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing 210094, China
  • 33. School of Materials, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an 710072, China
  • 44. Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ningbo 315201, China
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    Silicon carbide (SiC) ceramics, as a high-performance structural-functional integrated material, are widely used in aerospace, nuclear industry and braking system. However, the conventional fabrication methods can not meet the increasing demands for large-scale and complex-structured SiC ceramics, such as engine nozzles, flaps and turbine blades. Binder jetting (BJ) 3D printing technology can overcome the traditional obstacle and provide a novel manufacturing roadmap. Here, we adopted this technique via SiC particle grading, optimized the particle size ratio based on gradation theory, and studied the influence of BJ printing on properties of SiC green body and as-sintered ceramic. For the particle-graded green body after BJ printing, SiC ceramics with a maximum flexural strength of (16.70±0.53) MPa was obtained after one precursor impregnation and pyrolysis (PIP) treatment, whose flexural strength was improved by 116% as compared with that BJ printed from a median diameter of 20 μm. SiC ceramics were further densified using liquid phase siliconization, with the density, flexural strength, elastic modulus, and fracture toughness reaching (2.655±0.001) g/cm3, (285±30) MPa, (243±12) GPa, and (2.54±0.02) MPa·m1/2, respectively. XRD results demonstrated that the sintered SiC ceramics were mainly composed of 3C structured-β-SiC. All results show that high-performance SiC ceramic materials are innovatively prepared by an efficient and reliable method, based on the combined techniques of particle grading, BJ printing, PIP and liquid silicon infiltration.

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    Xuesu GU, Jie YIN, Kanglong WANG, Chong CUI, Hui MEI, Zhongming CHEN, Xuejian LIU, Zhengren HUANG. Effect of Particle Grading on Properties of Silicon Carbide Ceramics by Binder Jetting Printing[J]. Journal of Inorganic Materials, 2023, 38(12): 1373

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    Received: May. 5, 2023

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Mar. 6, 2024

    The Author Email: YIN Jie (jieyin@mail.sic.ac.cn), HUANG Zhengren (zhrhuang@mail.sic.ac.cn)

    DOI:10.15541/jim20230216

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