The invention discloses a
rare earth ion doped beta-
SiAlON / h-BN
composite ceramic and a preparation method thereof, and relates to the technical field of
ceramic materials, the original
powder of the
composite ceramic comprises
hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN)
powder, alpha-
silicon nitride (alpha-Si3N4)
powder,
rare earth oxide (Re2O3) powder (Re = Y, La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb, Lu and Sc) and aluminum
oxide (Al2O3) powder, the volume ratio range of h-BN to alpha-Si3N4 is 8: 2-5: 5, and the volume ratio range of alpha-
SiAlON / h-BN is 1: 2-3: 5. And 5-15 vol% of Re2O3-Al2O3 (the
molar ratio is 3: 5) is additionally added. The preparation method comprises the following steps: weighing the raw materials according to the proportion, carrying out ball milling and mixing on the raw materials,
zirconium oxide balls and absolute ethyl
alcohol, then
drying, loading into a
graphite mold, and carrying out hot pressed
sintering at 1700-1900 DEG C and 10-40MPa in a
nitrogen atmosphere to obtain a finished product. According to the method, the
rare earth ion doped beta-
SiAlON phase is generated in situ in the
sintering process,
interface bonding with an h-BN matrix is improved, the problems that traditional h-BN is difficult to sinter and low in
mechanical property are effectively solved, and the
composite ceramic has excellent characteristics of the rare earth
ion doped beta-SiAlON and the h-BN and is suitable for the field of
ceramic materials with advanced structures.