An aluminum nitride ceramic and a member used for the production of semiconductors

摘要

The object of the present invention is to provide an aluminum nitride ceramics having a low volume resistivity at room temperature and a relatively low content of samarium. An aluminum nitride ceramics contains aluminum nitride as the main component and samarium in a content calculated as samarium oxide of 0.060 mole percent or lower. Aluminum nitride particles and samarium-aluminum composite oxide phase having a length of 7 micrometer or more are formed therein. Alternatively, an aluminum nitride ceramics contains aluminum nitride as the main component and samarium in a content calculated as samarium oxide of 0.060 mole percent or lower. Aluminum nitride particles having a mean grain diameter of 5 µm or more are formed therein.