采用廉价的工业废料硼酸钙(其主要成分为CaO和B2O3,其质量分数共计约75%,下文均简称为硼酸钙)为原料,原料中不足的硼源由B4C或硼酐取代,通过碳热还原法低成本合成CaB6粉体.实验结果表明以B4C为反应物所制备得到的CaB6粉体的转化率高于以硼酐为反应物的试样.以硼酸钙,B4C和碳为原料的CaB6粉体合成的最佳烧结工艺为1923 K保温30 min.
B4C-TiB2-Al composites were fabricated by infiltrating aluminum into porous B4C-TiB2 preforms in vacuum. The microstucture and mechanical properties of the B4C-TiB2-Al composites were investigated. The hardness decreased, the flexural strength increased, and the fracture toughness first increased and then decreased slightly with an increase in TiB2 content. The B4C-TiB2-Al composite with 40wt.% TiB2 showed the optimized properties. The infiltrated aluminum addition was the leading reason for the fracture toughness improvement of the composites. The tear ridges and dimples on the fracture surface of the composites increased gradually with the increase of infiltrated aluminum content showing inter/transgranular fracture mode. The relationships between the microstructures and the mechanical properties of the composites were discussed.
Lü Peng, YUE Xinyan, RU Hongqiang, and YU Liang Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for Anisotropy and Texture of Materials, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110004, China
