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Reaction paths and microstructural evolution during transient plastic phase processing of titanium carbide - titanium boride composites
In Situ Reactions for Synthesis of Composites, Ceramics, and Intermetallics, pp.13-21
01 Aug 1995
Abstract
Transient Plastic Phase Processing (TPPP) was used to fabricate fully dense, ultra-refractory ceramic-ceramic composites of different microstructures in the Ti-B-C system. The attainment of the full density was related to the presence of a substoichiometric titanium carbide (TiC{sub 0.5}) that was formed in situ or chosen as a reactant. Two starting compositions, that correspond to the same point in the ternary diagram, namely: 4:1 (molar) Ti/B{sub 4}C and 1:1 TiC{sub 0.5}/ TiB{sub 2} were examined. The final microstructures were dramatically different, with Ti{sub 3}B{sub 4} nucleating and growing as platelets when the reactants were 4:1Ti/B{sub 4}C and as equiaxed grains when the starting powders were 1:1 TiC{sub 0.5}/TiB{sub 2}. Interrupted runs have shown that the formation of the platelets was linked to the presence of the intermediate phase TiB. For both starting compositions fully dense composites with good mechanical properties were produced. The superior mechanical properties of 4:1Ti/B{sub 4}C composite is believed to be due to the platelet morphology of the Ti{sub 3}B{sub 4} phase and associated specific mechanisms of platelet-crack interactions.
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- Title
- Reaction paths and microstructural evolution during transient plastic phase processing of titanium carbide - titanium boride composites
- Creators
- D Brodkin - Drexel UniversityS Kalidindi - Drexel UniversityM Barsoum - Drexel UniversityA Zavaliangos - Drexel University
- Publication Details
- In Situ Reactions for Synthesis of Composites, Ceramics, and Intermetallics, pp.13-21
- Conference
- Symposium on In Situ Reactions for Synthesis of Composites, Ceramics, and Intermetallics, at the 124th TMS Annual Meeting (Las Vegas, Nevada, United States, 12 Feb 1995 - 16 Feb 1995)
- Publisher
- Minerals, Metals and Materials Society; Warrendale, PA (United States)
- Number of pages
- 9
- Resource Type
- Book
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Materials Science and Engineering
- Identifiers
- 991019184079804721