Claims
- 1. A fiber-reinforced ceramic green body obtained by a process comprising the steps of:
- (1) preparing a slip by dispersing ceramic starting materials in a liquid dispersing medium, said ceramic starting materials consisting essentially of:
- (a) at least 50% by weight of Si.sub.3 N.sub.4 powder, and
- (b) at most 50% by weight of ceramic additives consisting essentially of alumina and yttria, wherein at least 0.1% by weight, based on the ceramic starting materials, of said ceramic additives is in the form of fine fibers which are dispersed uniformly in the slip, said fine fibers having an average diameter of 3-5 .mu.m and a fiber length of 100-300 .mu.m; and
- (2) slip casting the obtained slip.
- 2. A fiber-reinforced ceramic green body according to claim 1, wherein said fine fibers are alumina fibers.
- 3. A fiber-reinforced ceramic green body according to claim 2, wherein the amount of said fine fibers of alumina is 0.1-30% by weight based on the ceramic starting materials.
- 4. A fiber-reinforced ceramic green body according to claim 1, wherein the amount of said Si.sub.3 N.sub.4 powder is at least 50% by weight, and the combined amount of alumina and yttria is 0.1-50% by weight, and the yttria being in the form of powder.
- 5. A fiber-reinforced ceramic green body according to claim 4, wherein said Si.sub.3 N.sub.4 powder has an average particle size of 0.01-3 .mu.m.
- 6. A method of producing a fiber-reinforced ceramic green body comprising the steps of:
- (1) preparing a slip by dispersing ceramic starting materials in a liquid dispersing medium, said ceramic starting materials consisting essentially of:
- (a) at least 50% by weight of Si.sub.3 N.sub.4 powder, and
- (b) at most 50% by weight of ceramic additives consisting essentially of alumina and yttria, wherein at least 0.1% by weight, based on the ceramic starting materials, of said ceramic additives is in the form of fine fibers which are dispersed uniformly in the slip, said fine fibers having an average diameter of 3-5 .mu.m and a fiber length of 100-300 .mu.m; and
- (2) slip casting the obtained slip.
- 7. A method according to claim 6, wherein said slip is cast into a gypsum mold.
- 8. A method according to claim 6, wherein the amount of said Si.sub.3 4 powder is at least 50% by weight, and the combined amount of alumina and yttria is 0.1-50% by weight, the alumina being 0.1-30% by weight in the form of fine fibers, and the yttria being in the form of powder.
- 9. A method according to claim 8, wherein said Si.sub.3 N.sub.4 powder has an average particle size of 0.01-3 .mu.m.
Priority Claims (1)
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Parent Case Info
This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 317,500 field Mar. 1, 1989, abandon.
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