Affiliation:
1. Tallinn University of Technology
Abstract
Inherently, zirconium carbide (ZrC) suffers from low fracture toughness (~3 MPa*m1/2) and excessive porosity when sintered in vacuum. One way to improve ZrC’s sinterability and fracture toughness is the addition of binder metal or other carbides to increase densification. Using mechanical activated synthesis (MAS) to homogenously mix ZrC and titanium carbide (TiC) powders, followed by sintering at 1900 °C, produces a ZrC-TiC composite with hardness and fracture toughness at 20 GPa & ~7 MPa*m1/2, respectively. 80ZrC-20TiC (wt%) gave the highest fracture toughness value compared to other ratios. Varying TiC ratio from 20 - 50 wt% does little to affect mechanical hardness or densification of the composite. However, fracture toughness appears to increase marginally with decreasing TiC concentration down to ~20 wt%.
Publisher
Trans Tech Publications, Ltd.
Subject
Mechanical Engineering,Mechanics of Materials,General Materials Science
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