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- Title
Densification Behavior and Microstructure Evolution of Hot-Pressed HfB.
- Authors
Brown-Shaklee, Harlan J.; Fahrenholtz, William G.; Hilmas, Greg E.
- Abstract
Densification behavior and microstructure evolution of hotpressed HfB2 were studied. When unmilled HfB2 was hot pressed at 2200°C, the resulting ceramics contained open porosity (85.8% qth.). In contrast, attrition-milled HfB2 containing ∼0.7 wt% WC-Co milling contamination could be hot pressed to 498% density at temperatures as low as 1900°C. The addition of either boron carbide (4 wt%) or carbon (2 wt%) improved densification and reduced the temperature necessary to reach full density to 17501 and 1850°C, respectively. Full density (499%) was achieved for additive free, attrition-milled HfB2 at temperatures of 1950°C or higher. Fully dense HfB2 was also produced with the addition of 1 wt%carbon, although 2.1 vol% residual carbon remained in the microstructures after densification. The combination of carbon additions andWC impurities, introduced during milling, resulted in the formation of (Hf,W)C0.98 solid solution inclusions. (Hf,W)C0.98 formation suggested that carbon reacted with HfO2 impurities, which were present on particle surfaces from powder processing. The improved densification behavior with the addition of boron carbide or carbon suggests that both additives increase hafnium and/or boron mobility.
- Subjects
MICROSTRUCTURE; HAFNIUM metallography; CERAMIC materials; THERMOPHYSICAL properties; NUCLEAR reactors; MICROELECTRONICS
- Publication
Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 2011, Vol 94, Issue 1, p156
- ISSN
0002-7820
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1551-2916.2010.04063.x