Journal of Inorganic Materials

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Study of In Situ Formation of Rod-Like Phases Reinforced Ti-B-C Ceramics

LI Shi-Bo1,2; WEN Guang-Wu1; ZHANG Bao-Sheng1   

  1. 1. SChool of Material Science and Engineering; Harbin Institution of Technology; Harbin 150006; China; 2. State Key Laboratory of Solidification Processing; Northwestern Polytechnical University; Xi an 710072
  • Received:2000-12-25 Revised:2001-02-10 Published:2001-11-20 Online:2001-11-20

Abstract: The rod-like phases TiB2 were formed by the reaction of B4C and Ti under 1800℃×35MPa×1h
sintering condition, the length of particle TiB2 was 10~30μm, some over 40μm; and the aspect ratio was 2~8. These rod-like phases
endowed the composites with high mechanical properties. The bending strength and the fracture toughness of the composites were 680MPa and 12MPa·m1/2,
respectively. The phases were examined by XRD; the microstructure of the composites was observed by SEM and TEM. The influence of sintering
temperature and Ti content on the growth and development of rod-like phases TiB2 was discussed.

Key words: in situ formation, rod-like phase TiB2, microstructure, phase growth, influence factors

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