Spark plasma sintering of structure-tailored ultrahigh-temperature components: First step to complex net shaping

Wei, Xialu; Izhvanov, Oleg; Back, Christina; Haines, Christopher D.; Martin, Darold G.; Vecchio, Kenneth S.; Olevsky, Eugene A.

doi:10.1111/jace.15752

Title: Spark plasma sintering of structure-tailored ultrahigh-temperature components: First step to complex net shaping

Journal Article · Wed May 09 00:00:00 EDT 2018 · Journal of the American Ceramic Society

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1111/jace.15752· OSTI ID:1611087

^[1]; Izhvanov, Oleg ^[2]; Back, Christina ^[2]; Haines, Christopher D. ^[3]; Martin, Darold G. ^[4]; Vecchio, Kenneth S. ^[5]; Olevsky, Eugene A. ^[6]

San Diego State Univ., CA (United States)
General Atomics, San Diego, CA (United States)
Army Research Lab., Adelphi, MD (United States)
US Army ARDEC, Picatinny Arsenal, Wharton New Jersey
Univ. of California, San Diego, CA (United States)
Univ. of California, San Diego, CA (United States) ; San Diego State Univ., CA (United States)

Abstract The net‐shaping capability in spark plasma sintering ( SPS ) of ultrahigh‐temperature ceramics has been explored in this study. The annular or ring‐like shape is considered here as the first step to a more complex geometry compared to a solid cylinder or disk. ZrC powders have been SPS processed in specially designed graphite tooling to achieve the annular shape geometry. Experimental runs have been carried out to determine the optimal processing parameters for producing highly dense ZrC specimens in this geometry. Finite‐element modeling framework has been constructed to determine the internal stress evolution, as well as densification, during the SPS of the annular‐shaped ZrC. The formulated processing schemes for ZrC have been adapted to process SiC/ZrB ₂ composite powder with the purpose of making tooling components for SPS applications. The applicability of the obtained composite SPS tooling has been evaluated at high temperature and high pressure associated with SPS regimes.

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Research Organization:: San Diego State Univ., CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC)

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0008581; DE‐SC0008581

OSTI ID:: 1611087

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1438500

Journal Information:: Journal of the American Ceramic Society, Vol. 102, Issue 2; ISSN 0002-7820

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Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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