Publication Date:
2017-09-26
Description:
A novel kind of 3D interconnected porous carbon bonded B 4 C preform with flexural strength of about 20MPa is fabricated by gel-casting method. As the control, the B 4 C/C preforms via moulding produced method are fabricated. The B 4 C/C preforms own the same carbon content and almost the same porosity with different moulding method. Compared with the conventional compression moulding produced B 4 C/C preform, the 3D interconnected porous carbon bonded boron carbide preforms afford three-fold advantages in the fabrication of reaction bonded boron carbide (RBBC) composite via the liquid silicon infiltration (LSI) process, including induced formation of continuous SiC-bonded boron carbide skeleton structure, a reduction of the size of residual silicon and prevented the coarsening of ceramic grains as well. As a result, the RBBC composite fabricated by gel-casting appear as a more refined structure resulting in enhanced mechanical properties: the Vickers hardness, flexural strength and fracture toughness of I-GC composites fabricated from 3D-interconnected porous carbon/B 4 C preforms are 19.4±1.3 GPa, 389±17 MPa and 4.37±0.1 MPa·m 1/2 , respectively, which are statistically higher than those of RBBC fabricated by the conventional compression moulding produced B 4 C/C preform. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
Print ISSN:
1546-542X
Electronic ISSN:
1744-7402
Topics:
Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics
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