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Composite nitride sintered body
Assignee: Tokuyama Corp
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Filing: 1985-03-13
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Granted: 1987-02-10
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Expires: 2005-03-13
Abstract
Abstract A composite nitride sintered body consisting essentially of aluminum nitride, boron nitride and at least one metal compound selected from the group consisting of compounds of metals of Groups IIa and IIIa of the periodic table. The composite nitride sintered body is produced by intimately mixing a powder of aluminum nitride, a powder of boron nitride and at least one metal compound selected from the group consisting of metal compounds of metals of Groups IIa and IIIa of the periodic table, and sintering the mixture under atmospheric or elevated pressures at a temperature in the range of 1600 DEG to 2400 DEG C. The sintered body has a good machinability.
Inventors
- 👤 Nobuyuki Kuramoto
- 👤 Kazuya Takada
- 👤 Yoshihiko Numata
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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2026-10-30 16:04
CPC Classifications
C; C04; C04B; C04B35/00; C04B35/515; C04B35/58; C04B35/581; C04B35/583
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 12
Claim 1
Independent Claim
127 words
A composite nitride sintered body having good machinability and consisting essentially of aluminum nitride, hexagonal boron nitride and at least one metal compound selected from the group consisting of compounds of metals of calcium, strontium, barium, yttrium and lanthanides, said composite nitride sintered body having a density at least 90% of its theoretical density, the amount of aluminum nitride being 60 to 95% by weight, and the amount of boron nitride being 40 to 5% by weight, both based on the total weight of aluminum nitride and boron nitride, and the amount of at least one of said metal compounds as the oxide of the metal of the highest atomic valence being 0.01 to 5% by weight based on the weight of the composite nitride sintered body.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
127 words
A composite nitride sintered body having good machinability and consisting essentially of aluminum nitride, hexagonal boron nitride and at least one metal compound selected from the group consisting of compounds of metals of calcium, strontium, barium, yttrium and lanthanides, said composite nitride sintered body having a density at least 90% of its theoretical density, the amount of aluminum nitride being 60 to 95% by weight, and the amount of boron nitride being 40 to 5% by weight, both based on the total weight of aluminum nitride and boron nitride, and the amount of at least one of said metal compounds as the oxide of the metal of the highest atomic valence being 0.01 to 5% by weight based on the weight of the composite nitride sintered body.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
44 words
The composite nitride sintered body of claim 1 wherein the amount of aluminum nitride is 65 to 95% by weight, and the amount of boron nitride is 35 to 5% by weight, both based on the total weight of aluminum nitride and boron nitride.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
47 words
The composite nitride sintered body of claim 1 wherein the amount of at least one of said metal compounds as the oxide of the metal of the highest atomic valence is 0.01 to 3% by weight based on the total weight of aluminum nitride and boron nitride.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
20 words
The composite nitride sintered body of claim 1 wherein the metal compound is an oxide of calcium, strontium or barium.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
23 words
The composite nitride sintered body of claim 1 wherein the metal compound of calcium, strontium or barium is an aluminate of said metal.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
22 words
The composite nitride sintered body of claim 1 wherein the metal compound of yttrium or lanthanides is an aluminate of said metal.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
21 words
The composite nitride sintered body of claim 2 wherein the metal compound is an oxide of yttrium of a lanthanum-group metal.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
18 words
The composite nitride sintered body of claim 1 which has a thermal conductivity of at least 20 w/mK.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
18 words
The composite nitride sintered body of claim 1 which has a thermal conductivity of at least 40 w/mK.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
31 words
The composite nitride sintered body of claim 1 wherein crystal grains of aluminum nitride and crystal grains of boron nitride are closely packed as discrete phases in its mechanically fractured surface.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
37 words
The composite nitride sintered body of claim 1 wherein in its mechanically fractured surface, crystal grains of aluminum nitride are polygonal, and thin layer-like crystal grains of boron nitride are interposed among the aluminum nitride crystal grains.
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