Sinterability of SiC powder coated uniformly with Al ions

1998 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 816-820 ◽  
Author(s):  
Soichiro Sameshima ◽  
Keisuke Miyano ◽  
Yoshihiro Hirata

SiC particles coated uniformly with Al ions (0.25 mass% Al2O3) in an aluminum nitrate solution were consolidated by filtration through a gypsum mold. Hot-pressing in vacuum gave dense SiC (above 99% relative density) in the temperature range of 1900–1950 °C under a pressure of 39 MPa. The microstructures of dense SiC consisted of 2–5 μm grains of low aspect ratios (below 2). The fracture toughness and flexural strength of SiC increased gradually as the hot-pressing temperature became higher and were 4.3 Mpa m0.5 and 350 MPa, respectively, with hot-pressing at 1950 °C. Crack propagation in SiC shifted from intergrain to intragrain with increasing hot-pressing temperature.

2008 ◽  
Vol 368-372 ◽  
pp. 1730-1732 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ping Hu ◽  
Xing Hong Zhang ◽  
Jie Cai Han ◽  
Song He Meng ◽  
Bao Lin Wang

SiC whisker-reinforced ZrB2 matrix ultra-high temperature ceramic were prepared at 2000°C for 1 h under 30MPa by hot pressing and the effects of whisker on flexural strength and fracture toughness of the composites was examined. The flexural strength and fracture toughness are 510±25MPa and 4.05±0.20MPa⋅m1/2 at room temperature, respectively. Comparing with the SiC particles-reinforced ZrB2 ceramic, no significant increase in both strength and toughness was observed. The microstructure of the composite showed that the SiC whisker was destroyed because the SiC whisker degraded due to rapid atom diffusivity at high temperature. The results suggested that some related parameters such as the lower hot-pressing temperature, a short sintering time should be controlled in order to obtain SiC whiskerreinforced ZrB2 composite with high properties.


2007 ◽  
Vol 280-283 ◽  
pp. 1433-1436
Author(s):  
Chang Qing Hong ◽  
Xing Hong Zhang ◽  
Jie Cai Han ◽  
Qiang Xu ◽  
Xiao Dong He

TiB2 -Cu cermet with the relative density of 92% was produced from titanium, boron and copper powders by combustion synthesis and subsequently pseudo hot isostatic pressing. To improve its mechanical and thermal physical properties, the two-time hot pressing sintering test was carried out at 1050°, 1090° and 1150°C respectively. The deformation behavior and variation of micro- structure and mechanical properties were investigated in detail. The results showed that the relative density and the flexural strength increase remarkably after two-time hot pressing. The relative density reaches 605.5MPa and the flexural strength reaches 96% when the two-time pressing temperature is at 1090°C, and the values increase 12% and 6% compared to that before two-time pressing.


2010 ◽  
Vol 658 ◽  
pp. 352-355 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hong Feng Yin ◽  
Lin Lin Lu

Ti3SiC2/SiC composites were fabricated by reactive hot pressing method. Effect of processing condition on the microstructure and mechanical properties of the composites were investigated. The results showed that: (1) Hot-pressing temperature influenced the phase constituent of Ti3SiC2/SiC composites. The flexural strength and fracture toughness of composites increased with hot pressing temperature. (2) The flexural strength and fracture toughness of composites increased when the content of SiC was increased. When the SiC content was 30wt% the flexural strength and fracture toughness of Ti3SiC2/SiC composite were 371MPa and 6.9MPa•m1/2 respectively. However, when the content of SiC reached 50wt%, the flexural strength and fracture toughness of composites decreased due to high porosity in the composites. (3) The flexural strength and fracture toughness of composites increased with the particle size of SiC added in composites. (4) Ti3SiC2/SiC composites were non-brittle at room temperature.


2012 ◽  
Vol 476-478 ◽  
pp. 1031-1035
Author(s):  
Wei Min Liu ◽  
Xing Ai ◽  
Jun Zhao ◽  
Yong Hui Zhou

Al2O3-TiC-ZrO2ceramic composites (ATZ) were fabricated by hot-pressed sintering. The phases and microstructure of the composites were studied by X-ray diffraction (XRD) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The relative density and mechanical properties (flexural strength, fracture toughness and Vicker’s hardness) of the composites were tested. The results show that the microstructure of the composites was the gray core-white rim. With the increase of sintering temperature, the relative density and mechanical properties of the composites increased first and then decreased. The composite sintered at 1705°C has the highest synthetical properties, and its relative density, flexural strength, fracture toughness and Vickers hardness are 98.3%,970MPa,6.0 MPa•m1/2and 20.5GPa, respectively.


Materials ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 334
Author(s):  
Aidong Xia ◽  
Jie Yin ◽  
Xiao Chen ◽  
Zhengren Huang ◽  
Xuejian Liu ◽  
...  

In this work, a (SiC-AlN)/ZrB2 composite with outstanding mechanical properties was prepared by using polymer-derived ceramics (PDCs) and hot-pressing technique. Flexural strength reached up to 460 ± 41 MPa, while AlN and ZrB2 contents were 10 wt%, and 15 wt%, respectively, under a hot-pressing temperature of 2000 °C. XRD pattern-evidenced SiC generated by pyrolysis of polycarbosilane (PCS) was mainly composed by 2H-SiC and 4H-SiC, both belonging to α-SiC. Micron-level ZrB2 secondary phase was observed inside the (SiC-AlN)/ZrB2 composite, while the mean grain size (MGS) of SiC-AlN matrix was approximately 97 nm. This unique nano-micron hybrid microstructure enhanced the mechanical properties. The present investigation provided a feasible tactic for strengthening ceramics from PDCs raw materials.


2010 ◽  
Vol 105-106 ◽  
pp. 27-30 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wei Ru Zhang ◽  
Feng Sun ◽  
Ting Yan Tian ◽  
Xiang Hong Teng ◽  
Min Chao Ru ◽  
...  

Silicon nitride ceramics were prepared by gas pressure sintering (GPS) with different sintering additives, including La2O3, Sm2O3 and Al2O3. Effect of sintering additives on the phase-transformation, microstructure and mechanical properties of porous silicon nitride ceramics was investigated. The results show that the reaction of sintering additives each other and with SiO2 had key effects on the phase-transformation, grain growing and grain boundaries. With 9MPa N2 atmosphere pressure, holding 1h at 1850°C, adding 10wt% one of the La2O3, Sm2O3, Al2O3, porous silicon nitride was prepared and the relative density was 78%, 72%, 85% respectively. The flexural strength was less than 500MPa, and the fracture toughness was less than 4.8MPam1/2. Dropping compounds sintering additives, such as La2O3+Al2O3, Sm2O3+Al2O3 effectively improves the sintering and mechanical properties. The relative density was 99.2% and 98.7% with 10wt% compounds sintering additives. The grain ratio of length to diameter was up to 1:8. The flexural strength was more than 900MPa, and the fracture toughness was more than 8.9MPam1/2.


2012 ◽  
Vol 512-515 ◽  
pp. 706-709 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chang Ling Zhou ◽  
Yan Yan Wang ◽  
Zhi Qiang Cheng ◽  
Chong Hai Wang ◽  
Rui Xiang Liu

ZrB2-20%volSiC ceramic composites with different volume of BN short fiber were fabricated by the hot-pressing sintering under 2000°C. The content of BN short fiber changed from 0 to 15vol%. The density, flexural strength, fracture toughness and thermal expansions coefficient were studied. The microstructures of the samples were observed by scanning electron microscopy. The results show that the introducing of BN short fiber into the ZrB2-20%volSiC lead to a serious of change to the mechanical properties of the ceramic. When the content of the BN short fiber is 10vol%, the flexural strength and fracture toughness reach 422.1MPa and 6.15 MPa•m 1/2 respectively. And the mechanism of the increasing toughness was studied.


2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (5) ◽  
pp. 168781402092571
Author(s):  
Xianrui Zhao ◽  
Ze Yu ◽  
Dunwen Zuo ◽  
Qintao Li ◽  
Mengxian Zhang ◽  
...  

Ti(C,N)-TiB2-Co cermets were in situ synthesized, via reactive hot pressing from the Co-Ti-C-BN system, with a Co content ranging from 6 to 22 wt%. The microstructure, relative density, hardness, and fracture toughness of the sintered compacts was investigated by light microscopy, scanning electron microscopy, ceramic densitometry, and Vickers hardness test. The investigations indicate that during hot pressing (compacting pressure = 30 MPa), when the Co content is 14–22 wt%, the metal binder is extruded. Co and Ti are included in the extrudate, breaking the original ratio and deteriorating the properties of the sintered products. As the Co content increases from 6 wt% to 12 wt%, the porosity increases, and the relative density increases from 97.2% to 99.5%. The fracture toughness increases from 6.1 to 6.8 MPa m1/2. The Vickers hardness first increases from 1897 HV10 to the maximum 1960 HV10 and then decreases slightly to 1945 HV10.


2010 ◽  
Vol 434-435 ◽  
pp. 50-53 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xin Yan Yue ◽  
Shu Mao Zhao ◽  
Liang Yu ◽  
Hong Qiang Ru

B4C-TiB2 composite was prepared using hot pressure sintering. The microstructures and mechanical properties of the B4C-TiB2 composite were investigated. The B4C-TiB2 composite with 43 mass % TiB2 showed the optimized properties. The relative density, hardness, flexural strength and fracture toughness of that were 98.2 %, 25.9 GPa, 458 MPa and 8.7 MPa•m1/2, respectively. A number of toughening mechanisms, including fine grain, crack deflection and grain pull-out, were observed during microstructural analysis of the composite. The fracture mode of the B4C-TiB2 composite was greatly affected by the existence of the second phase of TiB2.


2008 ◽  
Vol 368-372 ◽  
pp. 1764-1766 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yu Jin Wang ◽  
Lei Chen ◽  
Tai Quan Zhang ◽  
Yu Zhou

The ZrC-W composites with iron as sintering additive were fabricated by hot-press sintering. The densification, microstructure and mechanical properties of the composites were investigated. The incorporation of Fe beneficially promotes the densification of ZrC-W composites. The relative density of the composite sintered at 1900°C can attain 95.3%. W2C phase is also found in the ZrC-W composite sintered at 1700°C. The content of W2C decreases with the increase of sintering temperature. However, W2C phase is not identified in the composite sintered at 1900°C. The flexural strength and fracture toughness of the composites are strongly dependent on sintering temperature. The flexural strength and fracture toughness of ZrC-W composite sintered at optimized temperature of 1800°C are 438 MPa and 3.99 MPa·m1/2, respectively.


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