High Pressure Neutron Diffraction Study of Ceramic Nitrides

Author

Saroja R. Srinivasa, Marquette University

Date of Award

11-1977

Document Type

Dissertation - Restricted

Degree Name

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

Department

Mechanical Engineering

First Advisor

L. Cartz

Second Advisor

Roland N. Blumenthal

Third Advisor

Walter Hirthe

Fourth Advisor

James D. Jorgensen

Abstract

The effect of pressure on the crystal structures of silicon oxynitride, germanium oxynitride, α- and β-polymorphs of silicon nitride has been measured at pressures up to 35 kbars at room temperature using neutron time-of-flight diffraction techniques. Results of this study permit interpretation of the compressibility behavior based on the structural rearrangements that occur with pressure.

This work has been carried out under the auspices of the United States Energy Research and Development Administration and also through a grant from the National Science Foundation.