High wave transmittance and low thermal conductivity Y-a-SiAlON porous ceramics for high-temperature radome applications

With the development of hypersonic vehicle technology,ceramic-based radome materials are highly demanded due to their high operating temperatures,good dielectric properties,and high mechanical properties.Althoughα-SiAlON is an ideal material for radome applications,its intrinsic low transmittance and high thermal conductivity limit its applications.Herein,we prepared Y-α-SiAlON porous ceramics through tert-butanol(TBA)gel-casting using the self-synthesizedα-SiAlON powder.The Y-α-SiAlON porous ceramics exhibited a uniform micron-level connected pore structure with the porosity(P)of 44.2%-58.6%.The real part of permittivity(s')was 3.13-4.18(8.2-12.4 GHz),which decreased significantly with the increasing porosity.The wave transmittance(|T|^(2))of the sample with porosity of 58.6%could exceed 80%in the thickness range of 6-10 mm.The thermal conductivity was maintained at a low level of 1.38-2.25 W·m^(-1)·K^(-1) owing to the introduction of the pore structure.The flexural strength was 44.73-88.33 MPa,which may be increased by rod-likeα-SiAlON grains.The results indicate that the prepared Y-α-SiAlON porous ceramics meet the requirements of high-temperature wave-transmitting materials for radome applications.

Influence of order-disorder transition on the mechanical andthermophysical properties of ABOhigh-entropy ceramicsInfluence of order-disorder transition on the mechanical and thermophysical properties of A_(2)B_(2)O_(7)high-entropy ceramics 1

The order–disorder transition(ODT)of A_(2)B_(2)O_(7)compounds obtained enormous attention owing to the potential application for thermal barrier coating(TBC)design.In this work,the influence of ODT on the mechanical and thermophysical properties of dual-phase A_(2)B_(2)O_(7)high-entropy ceramics was investigated by substituting Ce^(4+)and Hf^(4+)with different ionic radii on B-sites(Zr^(4+)).The X-ray diffraction(XRD),Raman,and transmission electron microscopy(TEM)results show that rA3+/rB^(4+)=1.47 is the critical value of ODT phase boundary with different doping B-site ion contents,and the energy dispersive spectroscopy(EDS)results further indicate the uniform distribution of elements.Interestingly,owing to the high intrinsic disorder derived from high-entropy effect,the A_(2)B_(2)O_(7)high-entropy ceramics exhibit unreduced modulus(E0≈230 GPa)and enhanced mechanical properties(HV≈10 GPa,KIC≈2.3 MPa·m^(0.5)).A_(2)B_(2)O_(7)high-entropy ceramics exhibit excellent thermal stability with relatively high thermal expansion coefficients(TECs)(Hf_(0.25),11.20×10-6 K-1,1000℃).Moreover,the matching calculation implied that the ODT further enhances the phonon scattering coefficient,leading to a relatively lower thermal conductivity of(La_(0.25)Eu_(0.25)Gd_(0.25)Yb_(0.25))2(Zr_(0.85)Ce_(0.15))_(2)O_(7)(1.48–1.51 W/(m·K),100–500℃)compared with other components.This present work provides a novel composition design principle for high-entropy ceramics,as well as a material selection rule for high-temperature insulation applications.