Journal of Inorganic Materials

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Properties and Microstructure of ZrB2/C Composites

LI Xiu-Tao1,2, SHI Jing-Li1, GUO Quan-Gui1, ZHAI Geng-Tai1, LIU Lang1   

  1. 1. Key Laboratory of Carbon Materials, Institute of Coal Chemistry, Chinese
    Academy of Sciences, Taiyuan 030001, China;
    2. Graduate school, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
  • Received:2005-08-15 Revised:2005-10-10 Published:2006-07-20 Online:2006-07-20

Abstract: ZrB2/C composites were prepared by a hot-pressing method. The influence of dopants on the flexural strength, thermal conductivity, electrical resistivity and microstructure of these composites was investigated. Results show that the flexural strength and thermal conductivity increase with increasing ZrB2 content up to a maximum of 131MPa and 161W/m·K at 10% addition, respectively. But the electrical resistivity reduces rapidly with increasing the concentration of ZrB2. Correlations between the content of dopant and properties and microstructure of ZrB2/C composites were also discussed.

Key words: ZrB2/C composites, bending strength, thermal conductivity, electrical resistivity

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