Sintering highly dense ultra-high temperature ceramics with suppressed grain growth
Sintering highly dense ultra-high temperature ceramics with suppressed grain growth
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烧结具有抑制的晶粒生长的高致密超高温陶瓷
DOI:
10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2019.11.056
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发表时间:
2020-04-01
影响因子:
5.7
通讯作者:
Fu, Zhengyi
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作者:
Gu, Junfeng;Zou, Ji;Fu, Zhengyi
Grain coarsening normally occurs at the final stage of sintering, resulting in trapped pores within grains, which deteriorates the density and the performance of ceramics, especially for ultra-high temperature ceramics (UHTCs). Here, we propose to sinter this class of ceramics in a specific temperature range and coupled with a relatively high pressure. The retarded grain boundary migration and pressure-enhanced diffusion ensure the proceeding of densification even at final stage. A highly dense TaC ceramic (98.6 %) with the average grain size of 1.48 mu m was prepared under 250 MPa via high pressure spark plasma sintering using a C-f/C die at 1850 degrees C. It was suggested that the final-stage densification is mainly attributed to grain boundary plastic deformation involved mechanisms. Compared to the usual sintering route using a high temperature (> 2000 degrees C) and normal pressure (< 100 MPa), this work provides a useful strategy to acquire highly dense and fine-grained UHTCs.