Aluminum nitride materials and members for use in the production of semiconductors

摘要

An object of the present invention is to provide a novel aluminum nitride material of aluminum nitride base and having a low volume resistivity at room temperature. An aluminum nitride material has aluminum nitride as a main component and europium in a content of 0.03 mole percent or more calculated as the oxide, and the material has aluminum nitride and an europium-aluminum composite oxide phases. Alternatively, an aluminum nitride material has aluminum nitride as a main component and europium and samarium in a total content of 0.09 mole percent or more calculated as the oxides, and the material has aluminum nitride phase and a composite oxide phase containing at least europium and aluminum.