Summary of the invention
The technical problem to be solved in the present invention is, provides that a kind of output is high, production cost is low, production safety, the mechanical seal that low in the pollution of the environment, properties of powder is stable be by the spray drying granulation method of silicon nitride powder.
Technical scheme of the present invention is, a kind of powder spray drying granulation method of the mechanical seal of following steps with silicon nitride ceramics that have is provided, and comprises the following steps: (1) takes powder prepared by each component by following parts by weight:
100 parts of nitrogenize silicon powder ︰,
2.5~11.5 parts of sintering aid Wei Fen ︰,
0.3~3.5 part of Nian Jie Ji ︰,
0.01~2 part of Fen San Ji ︰,
0.2~3 part of Zeng Su Ji ︰,
0.1~2 part of Run Hua Ji ︰,
0.01~0.05 part of Xiao Pao Ji ︰,
Dispersion medium: deionized water is: 50~120 parts;
(2) the sintering aid micro mist that takes the formula rate umber add formula rate umber deionized water 20%~50% in, with 12~24 hours ball millings of ball milling bucket ball milling of urethane protection, mix again, medium ball is agate ball, high purity aluminium oxide ball, silicon nitride ball or silicon carbide ball, thereby forms the sintering aid slurry;
(3) binding agent and the defoamer that take the formula rate umber dissolve in formula rate umber deionized water remaining 50~80%, thereby form binding agent and defoamer solution;
(4) by the formula rate umber, take silicon nitride powder, put into step (3) gained binding agent and defoamer solution, stirred 2~8 hours with stirrer, with dispersion agent, adjust pH value 9.5~12 while stirring; Thereby formation Silicon Nitride;
(5) Silicon Nitride after step (4) is completed adds in the sintering aid slurry of step (2), and adds the softening agent of formula rate umber and lubricant to continue ball milling 12~48 hours, thereby forms the silicon nitride mixed slurry;
(6) after the silicon nitride mixed slurry of step (5) gained is sieved with 200~400 mesh sieve, with the adjustable speed constant flow pump, send in centrifugal Spray Grain-make Drier in the shower nozzle with 5000~8000 rev/mins of rotational speed, spray into small slurry droplet Rotary drying glomeration particle in warm air in the centrifugal spray drying tablets press; Or, after with surge pump, above-mentioned slurry being pressurized to 0.2~1.0MPa, by the pressure nozzle of press spray drying-granulating machine, spraying into the Silicon Nitride mist droplet and be spray dried to spherical particle in the warm air of press spray drying-granulating machine; In drying process, adjusting the hot-air inlets temperature is 200~250 ℃, temperature out is 70~150 ℃, the rapid drying in warm air of small Silicon Nitride droplet becomes solid spherical particle, 10 microns to 150 microns of solid spherical particle diameters, with 80 orders~sub-classification of 250 mesh sieve, sieve, obtain the beta-silicon nitride powder of different-grain diameter scope.
The described silicon nitride powder of step (1), the meta particle diameter D of micro mist
500.30~3.00 microns, α phase content>80wt%, nitrogen content>37wt%, free silica<0.5wt%.
The described sintering aid micro mist of step (1) is that one or more arbitrary proportions in aluminum oxide, yttrium oxide, magnesium oxide, aluminium nitride mix;
Alumina powder wherein, its meta particle diameter D
500.1~3 microns, purity is greater than 99.5wt%,
Yttrium oxide micro mist wherein, its meta particle diameter D
500.3~3 microns, purity is greater than 99.9wt%,
Fine magnesium oxide micro-powder wherein, its meta particle diameter D
500.3~3 microns, purity is greater than 99.9wt%;
Aluminium nitride micro mist wherein, its meta particle diameter D
500.1~3 microns, purity is greater than 99.9wt%.
The described binding agent of step (1) is that one or more arbitrary proportions in polyvinyl alcohol, dextrin, methylcellulose gum, glucose mix.
The described dispersion agent of step (1) is that one or more arbitrary proportions in ammoniacal liquor, Tetramethylammonium hydroxide, sodium cetanesulfonate mix.
The described softening agent of step (1) is polyoxyethylene glycol, and relative molecular weight is in 400 left and right.
The described lubricant of step (1) is whiteruss.
The described defoamer of step (1) is that one or more arbitrary proportions in n-Octanol, propyl carbinol, ethylene glycol mix.
After adopting above method, the present invention has the following advantages: be dispersion medium owing to adopting deionized water, to be mixed in certain sequence slurry by powder and a certain amount of deionized water of certain weight proportion, ball milling homogenizing refinement, the spray-dried silicon nitride mixing granulation powder that is a granulated into, institute's pelletizing shape particulate material has good fluidity, composition is uniformly dispersed, loose density is stablized adjustable, and processability is good, is suitable for normal pressure-sintered silicon nitride continuous batch pressed compact and hot pressed sintering silicon nitride.Present method can produce low viscous dense suspension slurry and cost is low, do not have organic solvent volatilization dangerous, and the silicon nitride powder output of preparation is high simultaneously, production cost is low, production safety, low in the pollution of the environment, properties of powder stable.
Specific embodiment
The invention is further illustrated by the following examples, but the present invention not only is confined to following examples.
Embodiment 1
(1) take powder prepared by each component by following parts by weight:
Nitrogenize silicon powder ︰ 1000 grams,
Sintering aid Wei Fen ︰ 35 grams,
Nian Jie Ji ︰ 3 grams,
Fen San Ji ︰ 0.5 gram,
Zeng Su Ji ︰ 3 grams,
Run Hua Ji ︰ 1 gram,
Xiao Pao Ji ︰ 0.5 gram,
Deionized water is: 700 grams.
Silicon nitride powder (Si wherein
3N
4), the D of micro mist
500.51 micron of diameter, α phase content 91.0wt%, nitrogen content>37wt%, silicon<0.5wt% wanders about as a refugee.
Sintering aid is aluminum oxide and yttrium oxide, and its additional proportion is 6:4,
Alumina powder wherein, its D
50The meta particle diameter is the 0..3 micron, and purity is greater than 99.5wt%,
Yttrium oxide micro mist wherein, its D
503 microns of meta particle diameters, purity is greater than 99.9wt%,
Binding agent is polyvinyl alcohol;
Described dispersion agent is Tetramethylammonium hydroxide;
Described softening agent is polyoxyethylene glycol, and relative molecular weight is in 400 left and right;
Described lubricant is whiteruss;
Described defoamer is n-Octanol.
(2) take aluminum oxide 21 grams, yttrium oxide 14 grams, add in 300 gram deionized waters, mixed in 16 hours at urethane protection ball milling bucket ball milling, and medium ball is the high purity aluminium oxide ball; Thereby form the sintering aid slurry;
(3) take binding agent polyvinyl alcohol 3 grams, defoamer n-Octanol 0.5 gram, add in 400 gram deionized waters and dissolve; Thereby form binding agent and defoamer solution;
(4) take silicon nitride powder 1000 grams, put into the described binding agent of step (3), defoamer solution, stirred 4 hours with stirrer, with dispersion agent, adjust pH value 12 while stirring; Thereby formation Silicon Nitride;
(5) Silicon Nitride of step (4) is added in the sintering aid slurry of step (2), and add softening agent and lubricant to continue ball milling refinement 24 hours, form the silicon nitride mixed slurry;
(6) after the slurry of step (5) gained is sieved with 400 mesh sieve; with the adjustable speed constant flow pump, send in the shower nozzle of centrifugal spray drying tablets press; through 6000 rev/mins of rotating speeds, spray into small slurry droplet and rotate in warm air, adjusting the hot-air inlets temperature is 230 ℃, and temperature out is 90 ℃.The slurry droplet in warm air rapid drying be rotated into spherical particle, 10 microns to 150 microns of the small ball's diameters, sieve respectively with 80 and 250 mesh sieve, meal and fine powder powder mix are removed in acquisition.
The graphite jig of packing into after with 30MPa compression moulding with this powder, under 30MPa pressure, 1850 ℃ of insulations were carried out making sample after hot pressed sintering in one hour, and recording density is 3.188g/cm
3, bending strength 731MPa, fracture toughness property 5.34MPam
1/2.
Embodiment 2
(1) take powder prepared by each component by following parts by weight:
Nitrogenize silicon powder ︰ 1000 grams,
Sintering aid Wei Fen ︰ 100 grams,
Nian Jie Ji ︰ 5 grams,
Fen San Ji ︰ 0.5 gram,
Zeng Su Ji ︰ 6 grams,
Run Hua Ji ︰ 5 grams,
Xiao Pao Ji ︰ 0.2 gram,
Deionized water is: 1000 grams.
Silicon nitride powder (Si wherein
3N
4), the D of micro mist
500.51 micron of diameter, α phase content 91.0wt%, nitrogen content>37wt%, silicon<0.5wt% wanders about as a refugee.
Sintering aid is aluminum oxide, yttrium oxide, and its additional proportion is 6:4,
Alumina powder wherein, its D
50The meta particle diameter is the 0..3 micron, and purity is greater than 99.5wt%,
Yttrium oxide micro mist wherein, its D
503 microns of meta particle diameters, purity is greater than 99.9wt%,
Binding agent is polyvinyl alcohol;
Described dispersion agent is Tetramethylammonium hydroxide;
Described softening agent is polyoxyethylene glycol, and relative molecular weight is in 400 left and right;
Described lubricant is whiteruss;
Described defoamer is n-Octanol.
The concrete technology step is as follows:
(2) take aluminum oxide 60 grams, yttrium oxide 40 grams, put into 400 gram deionized waters, mixed in 24 hours at urethane protection ball milling bucket ball milling, and medium ball is the high purity aluminium oxide ball; Thereby form the sintering aid slurry;
(3) take binding agent polyvinyl alcohol 5 grams, defoamer 0.2 gram, add in other 600 gram deionized waters and dissolve; Thereby form binding agent and defoamer solution;
(4) take silicon nitride powder 1000 grams, put into the described binding agent of step (3) step and defoamer solution, stirred 6 hours with stirrer, with dispersion agent, adjust pH value 11.5 while stirring; Thereby formation Silicon Nitride;
(5) Silicon Nitride of step (4) is added in the sintering aid slurry of step (2), and add softening agent and lubricant to continue ball milling refinement 40 hours, form the silicon nitride mixed slurry;
(6) after the slurry of step (5) gained is sieved with 400 mesh sieve; with the adjustable speed constant flow pump, send in the shower nozzle of centrifugal spray drying tablets press; through 6000 rev/mins of rotating speeds, spraying into small slurry droplet rotates in warm air; adjusting the hot-air inlets temperature is 240 ℃, and temperature out is 100 ℃.The slurry droplet in warm air rapid drying be rotated into spherical particle, 10 microns to 150 microns of the small ball's diameters, sieve respectively with 80-250 mesh sieve, the acquisition be less than 80 orders, be greater than 250 purpose powder mixs.
After 200MPa compression moulding, under-0.02MPa nitrogen atmosphere, insulation, sinter silicon nitride ceramics into and make sample under 1840 ℃, and recording density is 3.226g/cm
3, bending strength 639MPa, fracture toughness property 4.93MPam
1/2.
Embodiment 3
(1) take powder prepared by each component by following parts by weight:
Nitrogenize silicon powder ︰ 1000 grams,
Sintering aid Wei Fen ︰ 50 grams,
Nian Jie Ji ︰ 3 grams,
Fen San Ji ︰ 0.5 gram,
Zeng Su Ji ︰ 3 grams,
Run Hua Ji ︰ 1 gram,
Xiao Pao Ji ︰ 0.5 gram,
Deionized water is: 800 grams.
Silicon nitride powder (Si wherein
3N
4), the D of micro mist
500.51 micron of diameter, α phase content 91.0wt%, nitrogen content>37wt%, silicon<0.5wt% wanders about as a refugee.
Sintering aid is aluminum oxide, yttrium oxide, and its additional proportion is 6:4,
Alumina powder wherein, its D
50The meta particle diameter is the 0..3 micron, and purity is greater than 99.5wt%,
Yttrium oxide micro mist wherein, its D
503 microns of meta particle diameters, purity is greater than 99.9wt%,
Binding agent is polyvinyl alcohol;
Described dispersion agent is Tetramethylammonium hydroxide;
Described softening agent is polyoxyethylene glycol, and relative molecular weight is in 400 left and right;
Described lubricant is whiteruss;
Described defoamer is n-Octanol.
The concrete technology step is as follows:
(2) take aluminum oxide 30 grams, yttrium oxide 20 grams, add in 300 gram deionized waters, mixed in 16 hours at urethane protection ball milling bucket ball milling, and medium ball is the high purity aluminium oxide ball;
(3) take binding agent polyvinyl alcohol 3 grams, defoamer n-Octanol 0.5 gram, add in 500 gram deionized waters and dissolve;
(4) take silicon nitride powder 1000 grams, put into the described binding agent of step (3) step, defoamer solution, stirred 4 hours with stirrer, with dispersion agent, adjust pH value 12 while stirring;
(5) Silicon Nitride of step (4) is added in the sintering aid slurry of step (2), and add softening agent and lubricant to continue ball milling refinement 24 hours, form the silicon nitride mixed slurry;
(6) after the slurry of step (5) gained is sieved with 400 mesh sieve; with the adjustable speed constant flow pump, send in the shower nozzle of centrifugal spray drying tablets press; through 6000 rev/mins of rotating speeds, spraying into small slurry droplet rotates in warm air; adjusting the hot-air inlets temperature is 235 ℃, and temperature out is 100 ℃.The slurry droplet in warm air rapid drying be rotated into spherical particle, 10 microns to 150 microns of the small ball's diameters, sieve respectively with 80 and 250 mesh sieve, meal and fine powder powder mix are removed in acquisition.
The graphite jig of packing into after with 30MPa compression moulding with this powder, under 30MPa pressure, 1850 ℃ of insulations were carried out making sample after hot pressed sintering in one hour, and recording density is 3.208g/cm
3, bending strength 791MPa, fracture toughness property 6.15MPam
1/2.