Reactive spark plasma sintering of TiB 2 –SiC–TiN novel composite

Mehdi Shahedi Asl*, Seyed Ali Delbari, Farzad Shayesteh, Zohre Ahmadi, Amir Motallebzadeh

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Abstract

The effects of adding SiC as a reinforcement and TiN as an additive on TiB 2 -based composites fabricated by the spark plasma sintering (SPS) technique were investigated. SPS was implemented at the sintering conditions of 1900 °C temperature, 7 min holding time and 40 MPa pressure. Adding these two secondary phases had noticeable effects on the microstructure of TiB 2 -based composites. A relative densities of 99.9% was obtained for TiB 2 –SiC–TiN composite. Detection of in-situ formed phases and investigation on them were done using SEM, XRD, EDS and thermodynamic assessment. These evaluations proved the formation of in-situ phases of TiC, BN nano-platelets, TiSi and B 4 C in the TiB 2 -based composite codoped with SiC and TiN. Formation of these in-situ phases had fascinating effects on the sinterability and ultimate microstructure of titanium diboride.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)119-126
Number of pages8
JournalInternational Journal of Refractory Metals and Hard Materials
Volume81
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jun 2019
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • BN nano-platelets
  • Microstructure
  • SiC
  • SPS
  • TiB
  • TiN

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