以Zr,B4C,Si粉为起始原料,利用放电等离子烧结(SPS)技术,在1450℃,30MPa,保温3min的条件下快速反应烧结制备得到相对致密度约为98.5%的ZrB2-SiC复合材料。制备得到的复合材料硬度约为17.2GPa,断裂韧性约为4-3MPa·m^1/2。通过对SPS过程中不同阶段试样的分析,探讨了复合材料的形成过程。结果表明:当温度达到950℃时,通过X射线衍射(XRD)观察到中间相ZrxSiy的出现,此时主相为ZrB2.随着SPS过程的进行,反应不断发生,当温度约为1250℃时,反应基本结束。
Using the mixture of Zr, Si and B4C powder as starting materials, the ZrB2-SiC composites were synthesized under 30 MPa at 1450℃ for 3min by spark plasma sintering technique (SPS). Dense ZrB2-SiC composites with the relative density 98.5% were successfully fabricated. The Vickers hardness (HV10) of the composites was 17.2GPa, and the fracture toughness was 4.3 MPa.m^1/2. The reaction process of the composites was also investigated by analyzing the samples at different moments. The results show that when sintering temperature reaches 950℃, intermediate phase ZrxSiy can be observed by XRD, meanwhile the main phase is ZrB2. The amount of Zr/Siy decreased with increasing of sintering temperature until 1250℃, at which temperature Zr/Siy could not be observed by XRD.