Journal of Inorganic Materials

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Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Hot-pressed TiB2 Ceramics

LUO Xue-Tao1; XIE Xiao-Lin1; YUAN Run-Zhang2   

  1. 1. Dept. of Materials Science; Nanchang Institute of Aeronautical Technology; Nanchang 330034; China; 2. State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing; Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, China
  • Received:1999-05-21 Revised:1999-07-01 Published:2000-06-20 Online:2000-06-20

Abstract: TiB2 ceramics with Y2O3-Al2O3 as sintering aids were fabricated by hot-pressing. The effects of sintering temperature, holding time, and crystallization
annealing on microstructure and mechanical properties were investigated. The experimental results show that the flexural strength and fracture toughness of TiB2 ceramics
decrease and the weight loss increases with sintering temperature rising up; with holding time prolonged, the uniformity of microstructure decreases and
this is disadvantageous to the mechanical properties. The grain diameter has a significant influence on the mechanical properties of TiB2 ceramics. The
crystallization annealing can result in YAG phase from grain boundaries and enhance the flexural strength at high temperature of TiB2 ceramics.

Key words: TiB2 ceramics, microstructure, mechanical properties, crystallization annealing

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