Table 1 hBN ceramics with different additives

From: Low temperature self-densification of high strength bulk hexagonal boron nitride

Additive(s)

Processing

Relative density

Side effect

4 wt% B2O32

HP

92%

Water-resistance and high-temperature refractoriness reduced

4.5 wt% B2O332

SPS, 1600 °C, 25 MPa

94.7%

5 wt% Al2O3/CaO33

HP, 1800 °C, 40 MPa

94.1%

High-temperature refractoriness reduces and dielectric loss increased

20 wt% mullite7,34

HP, 1900 °C, 30 MPa

94%

22 wt% Y2Si2O735

HP, 1740 °C, 25 MPa

85%

None11

SPS, 2000 °C, 100 MPa

95.1%

None