Journal
CERAMICS INTERNATIONAL
Volume 39, Issue 4, Pages 4253-4262Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.ceramint.2012.10.277
Keywords
Composites; Mechanical properties; Al2O3; Strengthening and toughening mechanisms
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Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [50975161, 51005136]
- Key Special Project of Numerical Control Machine Tool [2012ZX04003-051]
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An Al2O3-based composite ceramic tool material reinforced with micro-scale and nano-scale TiC particles was fabricated by a hot-pressing technology with cobalt additive in different sintering processes. The microstructure, indention cracks and phase composition of composites were characterized with scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy and X-ray diffraction. The experimental results showed that Al2O3/TiC mu/TiCn micro-nano-composite containing 6 vol% nano-scale TiC and 35 vol% micro-scale TiC, which were sintered under a pressure of 32 MPa at a temperature of 1650 degrees C in vacuum for 20 min, had optimum mechanical properties. The addition of both nano-scale TiC and Co contributed to the microstructure evolution and the improvement of mechanical properties. Effects of nano-scale TiC on mechanical properties were investigated. The toughening and strengthening mechanisms of micro-nano-composites were discussed. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd and Techna Group S.r.l. All rights reserved.
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