Production of Al2O3–SiC nano-composites by spark plasma sintering

Autor: Mansour Razavi, Ali Reza Farajipour, Mohammad Zakeri, Mohammad Reza Rahimipour, Ali Reza Firouzbakht
Jazyk: English<br />Spanish; Castilian
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: Boletín de la Sociedad Española de Cerámica y Vidrio, Vol 56, Iss 4, Pp 186-194 (2017)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 0366-3175
DOI: 10.1016/j.bsecv.2017.01.002
Popis: In this paper, Al2O3–SiC composites were produced by SPS at temperatures of 1600 °C for 10 min under vacuum atmosphere. For preparing samples, Al2O3 with the second phase including of micro and nano-sized SiC powder were milled for 5 h. The milled powders were sintered in a SPS machine. After sintering process, phase studies, densification and mechanical properties of Al2O3–SiC composites were examined. Results showed that the specimens containing micro-sized SiC have an important effect on bulk density, hardness and strength. The highest relative density, hardness and strength were 99.7%, 324.6 HV and 2329 MPa, respectively, in Al2O3–20 wt% SiCmicro composite. Due to short time sintering, the growth was limited and grains still remained in nano-meter scale.
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