Abstract:
CaO-B
2O
3-SiO
2(CBS) glass powder and Al
2O
3 ceramic powder were used as the raw materials. Appropriate amount of Bi
2O
3, which was used as flux, was added into the glass-ceramic composites consisting of CBS and Al
2O
3 with a fixed mass ratio of 50:50. The effects of Bi
2O
3 flux on the sintering character, dielectric properties, bending strength and thermal expansion coefficient of CBS/Al
2O
3 composite were investigated. The results show that Bi
2O
3 flux can lower the transition temperature and the viscosity of CBS glass, which promotes the densifying of CBS/Al
2O
3 composites, and results in the CBS/Al
2O
3 composite which has relatively dense structure and less porosity can be prepared by sintering at 880 ℃. However, the excess addition of Bi
2O
3 will deteriorate the sintering character, dielectric properties and bending strength of CBS/Al
2O
3 composites for the viscosity of CBS glass is too low. When the additive amount of Bi
2O
3 is 1.5wt% of CBS/Al
2O
3 composite, the densest CBS/Al
2O
3 composite which has a density of 2.82 g·cm
-3can be obtained by sintering at 880 ℃. This CBS/Al
2O
3 composite also has excellent dielectric properties (dielectric constant is 7.21, dielectric loss is 1.06×10
-3), the bending strength is 190.34 MPa, and the thermal expansion coefficient from 0 to 300 ℃ is 3.52 ×10
-6 K
-1.