Editors: | F. Kongoli, F. Marquis, N. Chikhradze, T. Prikhna, M. De Campos, S. Lewis, S. Miller, S. Thomas. |
Publisher: | Flogen Star OUTREACH |
Publication Year: | 2022 |
Pages: | 290 pages |
ISBN: | 978-1-989820-68-1(CD) |
ISSN: | 2291-1227 (Metals and Materials Processing in a Clean Environment Series) |
The ZrB2 and HfB2 materials are promising for application in hypersonic aerospace, cutting tools, metallurgy, microelectronics and refractory industries. The structure and properties of sintered under high pressure (4GPa) - high temperature (1800 oC) or HP-HT conditions ZrB2, HfB2, ZrB2+30%TiB2 and ZrB2-20% SiC refractory materials are under consideration. HP-HT sintered HfB2 (a=0.3141, c=0.3473 nm γ=10.42 g/cm3) demonstrated hardness HV(9.8 N)=21.27±0.84 GPa, HV(49 N)=19.29±1.34 GPa, and HV(98 N)=19.17±0.5 GPa and fracture toughness K1C(9.8 N)=6.47 MN×m0.5. High pressure sintered ZrB2 (a=0.3167 , c=0.3528 nm, γ=6.1 g/cm3) demonstrated HV(9.8N)= 17.66±0.60 GPa, HV(49 N)= 15.25±1.22 GPa, and HV(98 N)= 15.32±0.36 GPa and K1C(9.8 N)=3.64 MN×m0.5. Addition of 30 wt.% of TiB2 to ZrB2 did not allow to increase hardness of the material essentially (HV(9.8 N)=17.75±2.36 GPa, γ=5.29 g/cm3 ). Addition of 20 wt.% of SiC to ZrB2 and sintering under high pressure allowed essential increase of hardness to HV(9.8 N)=24.18±0.7 GPa, HV(49 N)=16.68±0.5 GPa, and HV(98 N)=17.59±0.4 GPa and fracture toughness (K1C(9.8 N)=6.49 ± 0.25 MN×m0.5, K1C(49 N)=7.06± 1.55 MN×m0.5 , K1C(98 N)=6.18± 1.24 MN×m0.5) of composite ZrB2- SiC material (γ=5.03 g/cm3).