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Processing and characteristics of TiB2 toughened B-Ti-C composites

  • Dong Bo Li*
  • , Yu Zhou
  • , Ying Kui Guo
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

B-Ti-C composites toughened by TiB2 particles were produced by reaction sintering of B4C, TiC and TiB2 powders. Microstructure and mechanical properties of the composites were studied. A notable improvement on flexure strength and fracture toughness were achieved in B4C composites containing 10%TiB2 and 20%-30%TiC (volume fraction). The highest flexure strength and fracture toughness, 425 MPa and 8.2 MPa· m1/2, respectively, resulted for B4C-10%TiB2-30%TiC composite, are much higher than those for monolithic B4C. The main toughening mechanism is microcrack toughening and crack deflection toughening.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)302-306
Number of pages5
JournalTransactions of Nonferrous Metals Society of China (English Edition)
Volume13
Issue number2
StatePublished - Apr 2003
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • B-Ti-C composites
  • Mechanical properties
  • Microstructure
  • Toughening mechanism

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