Tailoring the microstructure of high porosity Si3N4 foams by direct foaming with mixed surfactants

The mixed surfactants were successfully applied to fabricate the highly porous Si3N4 ceramic foams by the direct foaming method. The oppositely charged surfactants mixed in slurries could combined into catanionic surfactant by the electrostatic attraction and facilitate the formation of ultra‐stable...

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Published inJournal of the American Ceramic Society Vol. 102; no. 11; pp. 6827 - 6836
Main Authors Du, Zhongpei, Yao, Dongxu, Xia, Yongfeng, Zuo, Kaihui, Yin, Jinwei, Liang, Hanqing, Zeng, Yu‐Ping
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Columbus Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.11.2019
Subjects
Ceramics
Compressive strength
direct foaming
Foaming
Foams
high porosity
Microstructure
mixed surfactants
Pore size
Pore size distribution
Porosity
Silicon nitride
Slurries
Surfactants
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Summary:The mixed surfactants were successfully applied to fabricate the highly porous Si3N4 ceramic foams by the direct foaming method. The oppositely charged surfactants mixed in slurries could combined into catanionic surfactant by the electrostatic attraction and facilitate the formation of ultra‐stable foams. The microstructure of the Si3N4 ceramic foams, including pore structure, mean pore size, pore size distribution and porosity were tailored by varying the mixing ratio of surfactant, mixed surfactants concentration and solid content of the initial slurries. Si3N4 ceramic foams with porosity of 92%‐97%, mean pore size of 140‐240 µm and compressive strength of 0.85‐5.38 MPa were obtained by adjusting mixed surfactants between 0.1 and 0.4 wt% and solid content between 22 and 30 vol%. The compressive strength of Si3N4 ceramic foams in current work was much higher than most reported results.
ISSN:0002-7820
1551-2916
DOI:10.1111/jace.16599