The element of Fe can enhance the strength of TiB2/TiAl composite, but it is detrimental to the ductility of the composite due to the existence of large bulk TiB2 phase at grain boundary. The element of Mn is beneficial to the ductility of TiB2/TiAl composite, of which the fracture strain increases from 15.9 to 17.9 % with the addition of 2 at.% Mn. The element of Co can improve the strength an...

The paper studies the thermophysical properties of a Cu-Ti-C-B composite produced by self-propagating high-temperature synthesis (SHS) an initial mixture copper, titanium, boron carbide (B4C), and carbon powders. matrix is supersaturated solid solution titanium in copper lattice with Cu4Ti nanosized particles homogeneously precipitated under cooling. microhardness 450 HV 0.1. Particles (TiC) di...

The synthesis of AlN and TiB2 by spark plasma sintering (SPS) and the effect of Nb2O5, Y2O3 and ZrO2 additions on the mechanical properties and densification of the produced composites is reported and discussed. After the SPS process, dense AlN and TiB2 composites with Nb2O5, Y2O3 and ZrO2 were successfully prepared. X-ray diffraction analysis showed that in the AlN composites, the addition of ...