Issue
J. Phys. IV France
Volume 06, Number C8, Décembre 1996
ICIFUAS 11
Eleventh International Conference on Internal Friction and Ultrasonic Attenuation in Solids
Page(s) C8-663 - C8-666
DOI https://doi.org/10.1051/jp4:19968143
ICIFUAS 11
Eleventh International Conference on Internal Friction and Ultrasonic Attenuation in Solids

J. Phys. IV France 06 (1996) C8-663-C8-666

DOI: 10.1051/jp4:19968143

Mechanical Spectroscopy of a YSiAlON Glass

L. Donzel and R. Schaller

Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Département de Physique, Institut de Génie Atomique, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland


Abstract
A YSiAlON glass has been studied by mechanical spectroscopy, through the glass transition. The α-relaxation peak observed in the YSiAlON glass can be interpreted well by a formalism of hierarchically correlated molecular mobility through the glass transition. In particular this formalism accounts for the observation of unusually high apparent activation energy. The viscoelastic properties of the glass are compared to the mechanical behavior of a silicon nitride ceramic.



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