Densification of ZrB2–TaSi2 and HfB2–TaSi2 Ultra‐High‐Temperature Ceramic Composites
Densification of ZrB2–TaSi2 and HfB2–TaSi2 Ultra‐High‐Temperature Ceramic Composites
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DOI:
10.1111/j.1551-2916.2010.04317.x
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发表时间:
2011-06
影响因子:
3.9
通讯作者:
L. Silvestroni;D. Sciti
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作者:
L. Silvestroni;D. Sciti
The microstructure of fully dense hot-pressed ultra-high-temperature ceramics (UHTCs), namely ZrB 2 and HfB 2 containing 15 vol% of TaSi 2 , was characterized by X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). ZrB 2 and HfB 2 grains displayed a core-shell structure: the core was constituted by the original MB 2 grain and the shell by a (M, Ta)B 2 solid solution, which grew epitaxially on the core. The compositional misfit between core-shell was accommodated by low-angle grain boundaries and dislocations pile-up, especially pronounced in the ZrB 2 -based composite, where a higher amount of Ta entered the boride lattice. Ta 5 Si 3 , Ta 4.8 -Si 3 C 0.3 , and Ta 5 SiB 2 , with Zr or Hf impurities, were detected at the triple points and wetting of the grain boundaries by a Ta-Si-B-C-O amorphous phase was observed. Based on the new microstructural features detected by TEM, thermodynamic calculations and the available phase diagrams, a densification mechanism for ZrB 2 and HfB 2 with addition of TaSi 2 is proposed. The microstructures of the UHTC composites presented here are compared with composites sintered with the addition of MoSi 2 in the same amount.