Thermal Conductivity of ß‐Si3N4: I, Effects of Various Microstructural Factors
2004
Calculations based on a simple modified Wiener's model for thermal conductivity of a composite material predict that the thermal conductivity of β-Si 3 N 4 decreases quickly as the grain-boundary film thickness increases within a range of a few tenths of a nanometer and also that it initially increases steeply with increased grain size, then reaches almost constant values. Because of the faceted nature of the β-Si 3 N 4 crystal, the average grain-boundary film thickness is much greater than that in equilibrium. The present study demonstrates both theoretically and experimentally that grain growth alone cannot improve the thermal conductivity of β-Si 3 N 4 .
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