LL
Longjun Liu
Author with expertise in Simultaneous Localization and Mapping
Achievements
This user has not unlocked any achievements yet.
Key Stats
Upvotes received:
0
Publications:
2
(0% Open Access)
Cited by:
0
h-index:
14
/
i10-index:
18
Reputation
Biology
< 1%
Chemistry
< 1%
Economics
< 1%
Show more
How is this calculated?
Publications
0

Optimization of Sintering Process to Fabricate High-density Ultrafine-grained (HfNbTaTiZrW)C Ceramic: A Comparative Study

Longjun Liu et al.May 31, 2024
The fabrication of senary carbide (HfNbTaTiZrW)C was achieved by carbothermal reduction process combined with three different kinds of sintering paths, including conventional single-step sintering (CS) and two kinds of two-step sintering (TSS-1 and TSS-2). It is revealed that the synthesized nanosized powders (~102 nm) through carbothermal reduction exhibited excellent sintering capability to obtain a high density single-phase solid solution with homogeneous metal cation distributions at macro- and sub-micrometer scales, while atomic-level heterogeneity existed with Zr segregation. Compared to CS samples with bimodal microstructure, the application of two-step sintering significantly reduced the amounts of intergranular pores and (ZrHf)O2, accompanied with grain refinement. In particular, a well-designed TSS-2 route comprising short-term high-temperature followed by low-temperature sintering achieved ultrafine-grained bulk with grain size of 1.44±0.22 μm and excellent mechanical properties of elastic modulus of 480 MPa, microhardness of 23.4 GPa, and fracture toughness of 3.8 MPa·m1/2.