Liquid-phase sintering of iron aluminide-bonded ceramics
- Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (United States). Metals and Ceramics Div.
Iron aluminide intermetallics exhibit excellent oxidation and sulfidation resistance and are therefore considered as the matrix in metal matrix composites, or the binder in hard metals or cermets. In this paper the authors discuss the processing and properties of liquid-phase sintered iron aluminide-bonded ceramics. It is found that ceramics such as TiB{sub 2}, ZrB{sub 2}, TiC, and WC may all be liquid phase-sintered. nearly complete densification is achieved for ceramic volume fractions ranging up to 60%. Depending on the composition, room temperature three point-bend strengths and fracture toughnesses reaching 1,500 MPa and 30 MPa m{sup 1/2}, respectively, have been found. Since the processing was carried out in a very simple manner, optimized processing is likely to result in further improvements.
- Research Organization:
- Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC05-84OR21400
- OSTI ID:
- 201780
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-950958--1; ON: DE96005663
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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