Complex shaped boron carbides from negative additive manufacturing

Lu, Ryan; Chandrasekaran, Swetha; Du Frane, Wyatt L.; Landingham, Richard L.; Worsley, Marcus A.; Kuntz, Joshua D.

doi:10.1016/j.matdes.2018.03.026

Title: Complex shaped boron carbides from negative additive manufacturing

Journal Article · Tue Mar 13 00:00:00 EDT 2018 · Materials & Design

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matdes.2018.03.026· OSTI ID:1438673

^[1]; Chandrasekaran, Swetha ^[1];

^[1]; Landingham, Richard L. ^[1]; Worsley, Marcus A. ^[1]; Kuntz, Joshua D. ^[1]

Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)

In this paper, complex shaped boron carbide with carbon (B₄C/C) at near-full densities were achieved for the first time using negative additive manufacturing techniques via gelcasting. Negative additive manufacturing involves 3D printing of sacrificial molds used for casting negative copies. B₄C powder distributions and rheology of suspensions were optimized to successfully cast complex shapes. In addition to demonstrating scalability of these complex geometries, hierarchically meso-porous structures were also shown to be possible from this technique. Resorcinol-Formaldehyde (RF) polymer was selected as the gelling agent and can also pyrolyze into a carbon aerogel network to act as the sintering aid for B₄C. Finally, due to the highly effective distribution of in situ carbon for the B₄C matrix, near-full sintered density of 97–98% of theoretical maximum density was achieved.

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Research Organization:: Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

Grant/Contract Number:: AC52-07NA27344

OSTI ID:: 1438673

Report Number(s):: LLNL-JRNL-748179

Journal Information:: Materials & Design, Vol. 148; ISSN 0264-1275

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Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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