Reactive nanolaminates afford a promising route for the low-temperature synthesis of zirconium diboride, an ultrahigh-temperature ceramic with metallic properties. Although the addition of carbon is known to facilitate sintering of ZrB2, its effect on the kinetics of the formation reaction has not been elucidated. We have employed a combined approach of nanocalorimetry and first-principles theo...

access at Springerlink.com ABSTRACT B4C coatings for B-based neutron detector applications were deposited using high-power impulse magnetron sputtering (HiPIMS) and direct current magnetron sputtering (DCMS) processes. The coatings were deposited on Si(001) as well as on flat and macrostructured (grooved) Al blades in an industrial coating unit using B4C compound targets in Ar. The HiPIMS and D...

Surfaces of boron carbide (B4C) were implanted with 200 keV N: or 100 keV AI + ions to a dose of 8 x 10” cm‘. Ultralow load indentation via the Nanoindenter was used to determine the changes in surface hardness and elastic modulus following implantation. A pin-on-disk testing device in ultrahigh vacuum was used for measuring changes in friction and wear of the implanted disks. Results of hardne...

In micro-electrical discharge machining (micro-EDM), dielectric plays a significant role during the machining process as different types of dielectrics have different chemical compositions, cooling rates and dielectric strengths. For this, dissimilar process responses are accounted when machining in EDM at micron level. The present paper investigates micro-EDM characteristics such as material r...

The mechanical properties of different polymer matrix composites are discussed in this research study. These multiphase materials which reinforcing elements and a suitably combined. 18 PMCs, including nylon 66 reinforced with 5, 15, 25% wt% silicon carbide (SiC) boron (B4C), were evaluated using an injection moulding technique at three pressures optimization process parameters like reinforcemen...

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The elevated temperature thermal properties of zirconium diboride ceramics containing boron carbide additions up to 15 vol% were investigated using a combined experimental and modeling approach. addition B4C led decrease in the ZrB2 grain size from 22 µm for nominally pure 5.4 B4C. measured room conductivity decreased 93 W/m·K 80 also as increased. For ZrB2, was 67 at 2000 °C compared 55 A mode...