TiB-reinforced Ti alloy composites have been laser deposited with pre-alloyed Ti-6Al4V-1B powder. The microstructure of the as-deposited and heat treated composites have been characterized in detail using scanning electron microscope (SEM). A homogeneous dispersion of needle-like TiB precipitates is formed in the Ti-6Al-4V α/β matrix. TiB precipitates promote formation of small near equaxed α/β...

The densification behavior, microstructure and mechanical properties of bulk TiB₂-based ceramic composites, fabricated using the spark plasma sintering (SPS) technique with elements of (Fe-Ni-Ti-Al) sinter-aid were investigated. Comparing the change of shrinkage displacement of pure TiB₂ and TiB₂-5 wt% (Fe-Ni-Ti-Al), the addition of elements Fe-Ni-Ti-Al into TiB₂ can facilitate sintering of the...

TiB₂-based ceramic matrix composites (CMCs) were fabricated using elemental powders of Ti, B and C. The self-propagating high temperature synthesis (SHS) was carried out for the highly exothermic "in situ" reaction of TiB₂ formation and the "tailing" synthesis of boron carbide characterized by weak exothermicity. Two series of samples were fabricated, one of them being prepared with additional ...

The titanium powder embedded with 2.5 vol% TiB was in-situ fabricated by gas atomization and applied for direct laser deposited (DLD) matrix composites. Consistent the network distributed boron-rich zone in composite powder, a three-dimensional (3D) ultrafine structure, consisting of nano-TiB whiskers (TiBw), characterized throughout as-fabricated (DLDed TiB–Ti). Both dendritic equiaxed network...

Production of highly porous composite materials by traditional materials processing is limited by difficult processing techniques. This work investigates the use of self propagating high temperature (combustion) synthesis (SHS) to create porous tricalcium phosphate (Ca3(PO4)2), TiB-Ti, and NiTi in low and microgravity. Combustion synthesis provides the ability to use set processing parameters t...

We compute the structural energies, elastic constants, and stacking fault energies, and investigate the phase stability of monoborides with different compositions (X1 1−xX 2 x)B (X = Ti/Fe/Mo/Nb/V) using density functional theory in order to search for Ti monoborides with improved mechanical properties. Our computed Young’s modulus and Pugh’s modulus ratio, which correlate with stiffness and to...

Metal matrix composites reinforced with ceramic particles have become the most attractive material in the research and development of new materials for thermal management applications. In this work, 40-60 vol. % TiCx-TiB₂/Al composites were successfully fabricated by the method of combustion synthesis and hot press consolidation in an Al-Ti-B₄C system. The effect of the TiCx-TiB₂ content on the...