Effect of pores on the cleavage of twinned boron carbide crystals

Autor: T. V. Ostapchuk, G. S. Oleinik
Rok vydání: 1996
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Zdroj: Powder Metallurgy and Metal Ceramics. 34:500-504
ISSN: 1573-9066
1068-1302
DOI: 10.1007/bf00559956
Popis: The substructure and cleavage fracture in two types of polycrystalline B4C specimens are investigated. It is shown that in specimens hot-pressed below 2000°C twins in poreless grains are effective barriers for cleavage cracks. Cleavage fracture occurs in planes of the type {10\(\bar 1\)1}. There are twins and faceted pores in grains of specimens sintered below 2200°C. In these grains cleavage is along the twinning planes. Pores eliminate the effect of twins as crack stoppers.
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