Densification and mechanical properties of TiC by SPS-effects of holding time, sintering temperature and pressure condition

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• 作者：Lixia Cheng ; Zhipeng Xie ; ^{xzp@mail.tsinghua.edu.cn} ; Guanwei Liu ; Wei Liu ; Weijiang Xue
• 关键词：SPS ; TiC ; Densification ; Mechanical property ; Grain size
• 刊名：Journal of the European Ceramic Society
• 出版年：2012
• 期刊代码：53_09552219
• 类别：ms
• 出版时间：September, 2012
• 卷：32
• 期：12
• 页码：3399-3406
• 文件大小：2281 K

摘要

The influence of sintering temperature, holding time and pressure condition on densification and mechanical properties of bulk titanium carbide (TiC) fabricated by SPS sintering has been systematically investigated. Experimental data demonstrated that relative density and Vickers hardness (H_V) increase with sintering temperature and holding time, but fracture toughness (K_IC) was not significantly influenced by sintering parameters. The H_V and relative density of samples consolidated by SPS technique at 1600 掳C for 5 min under 50 MPa pressure (applied entire sintering cycle) reached 30.31 卤 2.23 GPa and 99.90%, respectively. H_V values of 鈭?4-30 GPa and K_IC of 鈭?.7-5 MPa m^1/2 were obtained in all bulk samples with relative densities of 95.61-99.90%when fabricated under various conditions presented above, without abnormal grain growth. More pronounced effects of pressure condition on grain growth (promoted by grain-boundary diffusion) than on densification were observed. The relationship of fracture toughness and fracture mode is also discussed.