The invention discloses a method for preparing a
silicon nitride reinforced
aluminium-based
composite material, which comprises the following steps: performing wet ball milling and
drying on 60 to 67.5 weight percent of
silicon oxide, 22.5 to 30 weight percent of
carbon black, 1 to 10 weight percent of alpha-Si3N4
seed crystal, and 1 to 10 weight percent of Y2O3 to prepare mixed
powder, sieving and granulating the mixed
powder, and forming a blank piece through mold pressing; heating the blank piece to 1,750DEG C under the condition that the
nitrogen pressure is six times of
atmospheric pressure, preserving heat for 2 hours, and
sintering to obtain a
porous silicon nitride prefabricated body of which the
relative density is between 20 and 30 percent; putting the
porous silicon nitride sintered body in a die cavity of a
die casting machine, and heating the die cavity to the temperature of between 500 and 700 DEG C, or firstly separately preheating the sintered body to the temperature of between 500 and 700 DEG C and then putting the preheated sintered body to the die cavity of the
die casting machine; simultaneously, heating
aluminium alloy to a melting state, pouring the molten
aluminium alloy into the die cavity in which the prefabricated body is arranged, and pressing the molten
aluminium alloy into the
porous silicon nitride prefabricated body through a press
machine; and finally, taking an
ingot out after cooling, and performing heat treatment to obtain the
silicon nitride reinforced aluminium-based
composite material.