B4C ceramic particulate–reinforced Al 5083 matrix composite with various B4C content was fabricated successfully via hot-press sintering under Argon atmosphere. B4C particles presented relative high wettability, bonding strength and symmetrical distribution in the Al 5083 matrix. The hardness value, friction coefficient and wear resistance of the composite were higher than those of the Al 5083 ...

Boron carbide (B4C) is a hard material whose value for extended engineering applications such as body armor; is limited by its brittleness under impact. To improve the ductility while retaining hardness, we used density functional theory to examine modifying B4C ductility through microalloying. We found that replacing the CBC chain in B4C with Si-Si, denoted as (B11Cp)-Si2, dramatically improve...

The present work reports the electrochemical machining (ECM) of the aluminium-silicon alloy/boron carbide (Al-Si /B4C) composites, fabricated by stir casting process with different weight % of B4C particles. The influence of four machining parameters including applied voltage, electrode feed rate, electrolyte concentration and percentage of reinforcement on the responses surface roughness (SR) ...

We report the results of a thermal wave study on SiC/B4C composites of different B4C compositions. Thermal wave, generated subsequent to sample absorption of pulse laser, was observed by means of a wide-band infrared detector. The information content of the thermal wave is then analysed by using a least-squares method. Temperature decay time, as measured from thermal wave decay curve, varies wi...

Due to the large thermal neutron absorption cross section of 10B, B4C-Al composites have been used as neutron absorbing materials in nuclear industries, which can offer not only good neutron shielding performance but also excellent mechanical properties. The distribution of B4C particles affects the mechanical performance and efficiency of the thermal neutron absorption of the composite materia...

We report depressurization amorphization of single-crystal boron carbide (B4C) investigated by in situ high-pressure Raman spectroscopy. It was found that localized amorphization of B4C takes place during unloading from high pressures, and nonhydrostatic stresses play a critical role in the high-pressure phase transition. First-principles molecular dynamics simulations reveal that the depressur...

Nanocomposites, where nanoscale inclusions are embedded in a matrix material, have attracted increasing research attention in recent years. Here, we limit our focus to polymer nanocomposites. Nano-reinforcements (for instance, nanoparticles, nanowires, and nanotubes) have largely disappointed us in manufacturing lightweight, high-strength, and high-toughness polymer composites because of their ...

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A control rod K5 of the 10 MW Budapest Research Reactor was damaged in 2004. We have applied both neutron and X-ray radiography to study the distribution of the residual material in the damaged K5. X-ray radiography visualized the main distribution of the residual materials, like different kinds of B4C and water, and the frozen gas bubbles, while neutron radiography displayed the fine structure...