TiC-based cermet prepared by high-energy ball-milling and reactive spark plasma sintering. Issue 2 (1st February 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Jam, Alireza; Nikzad, Leila; Razavi, Mansour
• Is Part Of: Ceramics international. Volume 43:Issue 2(2017)
• Page Start: 2448
• Page End: 2455
• Publication Date: 2017-02-01
• Subjects: TiC-based cermet -- Milling -- SPS -- Mechanical properties; Ceramics -- Periodicals; Céramique industrielle -- Périodiques; Ceramics; Periodicals; Electronic journals; 666
• DOI: 10.1016/j.ceramint.2016.11.039
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0272-8842

Abstract

Abstract: In this study the fabrication of dense TiC-13% vol Fe cermet is investigated with combination of mechanical activation and spark plasma sintering from Ferrotitanium and carbon black as reactants. Milling of reactants was carried out at different times of 0, 1, 3, 5, 10 h. Sintering behavior and formation mechanism of TiC-Fe composite from unmilled powders was investigated at different temperature of 600–1200 °C. The experimental data of sintering and X-ray diffraction patterns demonstrate that TiC phase formation was governed by rapid combustion-type behavior from unmilled powders at temperature about 600 °C. Optimum condition of sintering (maximum density about: 5.10 g/cm 3 ) was obtained at temperature of 1100 °C and pressure of 30 MPa. Also the influence of reactants milling on sintering behavior, density of bulk products and mechanical properties was investigated. Sintering of all powders was done at optimum condition (temperature of 1100 °C and pressure of 30 MPa). With milling of the reactants, because of formation of TiC during milling, the sintering behavior and SPS process dynamics was significantly changed. As a consequence of mechanical milling, the densities were decreased from 5.10 g/cm 3 (unmilled powder) to 4.52 g/cm 3 for the case of 10 h milled powders. But with milling of reactant at 1, 3 and 5 h, in comparison with unmilled reactants, mechanical properties were improved, so that the hardness and flexural strength for consolidated sample from 3 h milled reactants were 89.4±2 HRA and 724±27 MPa respectively.