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A Novel Microstructure and Its Effects on Mechanical Properties of TiC/TiB2/MoSi_2 Composites

LI Jian-Lin; JIANG Dong-Liang; TAN Shou-Hong   

  1. State Key Lab of High Performance Ceramics and Superfine Microstructure; Shanghai institute ofCeramics; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Shanghai 200050; China
  • Received:1999-02-03 Revised:1999-03-15 Published:2000-02-20 Online:2000-02-20

Abstract: A novel microstructure of TiC /TiB2 / MoSi2 composite and its effect on mechanicalproperties were studied. The results indicate that hollow particles, consisting of TiC and TiB2 nanosized grains, can be formed in MoSi2 matrix when the mixed powder of elemental Ti, B4C and MoSi2 was reactively hot pressed. The bending strength of these composites with the newmicrostructure reaches at 480 MPa, and the highest fracture toughness is 5.2 Mpa·ml/2.

Key words: microstructure, mechanical properties, molybdenum disiliside

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