Structure Formation in Ti-C-Ni-Mo Composites during Reactive Sintering

Authors

  • Mart VILJUS Tallinn University of Technology
  • Jüri PIRSO Tallinn University of Technology
  • Kristjan JUHANI Tallinn University of Technology
  • Sergei LETUNOVITŠ Tallinn University of Technology

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5755/j01.ms.18.1.1343

Keywords:

TiC-NiMo cermets, reactive sintering, structure formation

Abstract

Reactive sintering is a novel process where synthesis reaction of the carbide phase is combined with solid and liquid phase sintering of the cermet during a single heating cycle. Ti-C-Ni-Mo composites were synthesized in situ from elemental powders of Ti, Ni, Mo and C by high energy milling, followed by reactive sintering. The milled powders with the grain size in nano-scale were pressed to compacts and sintered. During the sintering that was performed after pressing, the titanium carbide was formed first and then the TiC-NiMo cermet was sintered in the presence of liquid phase in one cycle. The interface between the binder phase and the carbide grains of the in situ composite has a good bonding strength because it is not contaminated with oxidation film or other detrimental surface reactions. The microstructure of such cermet is fine-grained and more homogeneous than that of cermets produced by conventional method. In the paper the phase evolution, microstructure formation and carbide grain growth during reactive sintering are explained.

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5755/j01.ms.18.1.1343

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Published

2012-03-15

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CERAMICS AND GLASSES