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The thermal conductivity, dielectric properties, and strength of AlN cerami
cs were studied. The ceramics were prepared by semidry pressing and sinteri
ng. Increasing the sintering time was found to increase the thermal conduct
ivity of the ceramics up to 200 W/(m K). A nonequilibrium-phonon-propagatio
n method was used to analyze the effect of grain boundaries and processing
conditions on the thermal conductivity of the ceramics.