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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 11, 1995
Filed:
Oct. 20, 1992
James P Edler, Troy, MI (US);
Bohdan Lisowsky, Troy, MI (US);
Eaton Corporation, Cleveland, OH (US);
Abstract
A silicon-nitride beta-phase material including a non-densified structure of beta silicon nitride crystals having appreciable strength without any significant amount of liquid forming agents is made by comminuting a slurry including a mixture of silicon powder and water to form non-oxidized surfaces on the silicon powder and to allow chemical reaction between the silicon and the water, reducing the water content of the reacted slurry to a degree sufficient to form a resultant dry mass, nitriding the dry mass by exposure to a nitriding gas including at least nitrogen to form a mass of alpha-phase silicon nitride, and converting the resultant silicon nitride mass at a conversion temperature of from about 1450.degree. C. to about 2100.degree. C. to convert the silicon nitride from an alpha-phase material to a non-densified beta phase silicon nitride material.