The effect of Fe addition on processing and mechanical properties of reaction infiltrated boron carbide-based composites

I. Mizrahi; A. Raviv; H. Dilman; M. Aizenshtein; M. P. Dariel; N. Frage

doi:10.1007/s10853-006-1304-0

The effect of Fe addition on processing and mechanical properties of reaction infiltrated boron carbide-based composites

I. Mizrahi, A. Raviv, H. Dilman, M. Aizenshtein, M. P. Dariel, N. Frage

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Dense metal-ceramic composites based on boron carbide were fabricated using boron carbide and Fe powders as starting materials. The addition of 3.5-5.5 vol% of Fe leads to enhanced sintering due to the formation of a liquid phase at high temperature. Preforms, with about 20 vol% porosity were obtained by sintering at 2,050 °C even from an initial boron carbide powder with very low sinterability. Successful infiltration of the preforms was carried out under vacuum (10^-4torr) at 1,480 °C. The infiltrated composite consists of four phases: B₁₂(C, Si, B)₃, SiC, FeSi ₂ and residual Si. The decrease of residual Si is due to formation of the FeSi₂ phase and leads to improved mechanical properties of the composites. The hardness value, the Young modulus and the bending strength of the composites fabricated form a powder mixture containing 3.5 vol% Fe are 2,400 HV, 410 GPa and 390 MPa, while these values for the composites prepared form iron free B₄C powder are 1,900 HV, 320 GPa and 300 MPa, respectively. The specific density of the composite was about 2.75 g/cm³. The experimental results regarding the sintering behavior and chemical interaction between B₄C and Fe are well accounted for by a thermodynamic analysis of the Fe-B-C system.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	6923-6928
Number of pages	6
Journal	Journal of Materials Science
Volume	42
Issue number	16
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-006-1304-0
State	Published - 1 Aug 2007

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Ceramics and Composites
Materials Science (miscellaneous)
General Materials Science
Mechanics of Materials
Mechanical Engineering
Polymers and Plastics

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