Spark Plasma Sintering of Boron Carbide Ceramics Using Different Sample Geometries and Dimensions

• Authors: M. Cengiz , B. Yavas , Y. Celik , G. Goller , O. Yucel , F. Sahin
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

B_4C ceramics were fabricated by spark plasma sintering technique at 1700°C-1800C for 5 min under applied pressure of 50 MPa under vacuum atmosphere. Two different grades of B_4C powder from H.C. Starck Company namely HP grade and HS grade were used in all related experiments. Effect of sample geometry and dimensions as well as sample thickness on sintering parameters were analyzed. Samples having 5 mm thickness and 50 mm diameter, 8 mm thickness in circular geometries and 50 × 50 square cross-section, 8 mm thickness were fabricated. Using the powder, which provided the densest sample, yttrium oxide (Y_2O_3) was added, mixed and sintered. Optimization of SPS method production parameters for pure B_4C samples and B_4C samples with 5 wt% yttrium oxide additive were accomplished. The effect of geometry on density, Vickers hardness, fracture toughness, and microstructure were examined. The hardness and fracture toughness values of the samples were evaluated by the Vickers indentation technique.

Keywords

EN

81.20.Ev; 81.05.Je

Discipline

• 81.05.Je: Ceramics and refractories (including borides, carbides, hydrides, nitrides, oxides, and silicides)(for ceramics in electrochemistry, see 82.45.Yz)
• 81.20.Ev: Powder processing: powder metallurgy, compaction, sintering, mechanical alloying, and granulation

• Journal: Acta Physica Polonica A
• Year: 2014
• Volume: 125
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 260-262

Dates

published

2014-02

Contributors

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M. Cengiz

• Istanbul Technical University, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering Department, 34469 Maslak, Istanbul, Turkey

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B. Yavas

• Istanbul Technical University, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering Department, 34469 Maslak, Istanbul, Turkey

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Y. Celik

• Istanbul Technical University, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering Department, 34469 Maslak, Istanbul, Turkey

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G. Goller

• Istanbul Technical University, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering Department, 34469 Maslak, Istanbul, Turkey

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O. Yucel

• Istanbul Technical University, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering Department, 34469 Maslak, Istanbul, Turkey

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F. Sahin

• Istanbul Technical University, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering Department, 34469 Maslak, Istanbul, Turkey

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Identifiers

DOI

10.12693/APhysPolA.125.260