Effects of discrete and simultaneous addition of SiC and Si3N4 on microstructural development of TiB2 ceramics

Van Huy Nguyen; Seyed Ali Delbari; Zohre Ahmadi; Abbas Sabahi Namini; Quyet Van Le; Mohammadreza Shokouhimehr; Mehdi Shahedi Asl; Mohsen Mohammadi

doi:10.1016/j.ceramint.2020.09.196

Effects of discrete and simultaneous addition of SiC and Si₃N₄ on microstructural development of TiB₂ ceramics

Van Huy Nguyen^*, Seyed Ali Delbari, Zohre Ahmadi, Abbas Sabahi Namini^*, Quyet Van Le^*, Mohammadreza Shokouhimehr, Mehdi Shahedi Asl^*, Mohsen Mohammadi

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The impact of Si₃N₄ and SiC additives incorporation in the microstructure and sintering behavior of TiB₂-based composites were studied. Three ceramic composites including TiB₂–Si₃N₄, TiB₂–SiC, and TiB₂–SiC–Si₃N₄ were manufactured by spark plasma sintering (SPS) at 1950 °C for 8 min under 35 MPa. The acquired ceramics were analyzed by X-ray diffractometry and scanning electron microscopy. In addition, the sintering thermodynamic was investigated using the HSC Chemistry package. X-ray diffraction patterns of the prepared ceramics revealed the in-situ formation of graphite and boron nitride in the final composites initiated from SiC and Si₃N₄, respectively. The thermodynamic assessments proved the role of liquid phase sintering on the sinterability enhancement of all composite samples. Field emission scanning electron microscopy and energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy verified the in-situ formation of both BN and graphite components in the sample containing SiC and Si₃N₄ additives. Finally, the fractographical investigations clarified the transgranular breakage as the main fracture mode in the TiB₂-based ceramics.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	3520-3528
Number of pages	9
Journal	Ceramics International
Volume	47
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ceramint.2020.09.196
Publication status	Published - 1 Feb 2021
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Microstructure
SiN
SiC
Spark plasma sintering
TiB
UHTCs

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Effects of discrete and simultaneous addition of SiC and Si₃N₄ on microstructural development of TiB₂ ceramics

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