SPECIFIC FEATURES OF SPS-SINTERING OF BORON CARBIDE POWDERS PRODUCED BY DIFFERENT METHODS

Mechanochemical and SHS methods are up-and-coming ways to produce finely dispersed boron carbide nano powder. With optimal process conditions the synthesized phases have ultra dispersed state with well-developed surfaces of the boundaries of grains and subgrains that have either a nano or microcrystalline structure, and that ensures its higher density after vibrocompaction treatment, which in its turn can result in a reduced burn-out rate and a slow-down absorption activity under the influence of neutron irradiation. The products of mechanochemical synthesis and SHS have specified composition and specific structural state and are related with fast solid-phase reactions. The presented research dealt with boron carbide powders that had been produced by mechanochemical or SHS methods, as well as by carbon char or amorphous boron reduction, or the reduction of boron carbide that had been produced by SPS sintering. The purpose of the research was to determine the most optimal SPS sintering modes and to investigate the structure and properties of the sintered boron carbide workpieces made from the powders produced by the above mentioned methods. Source materials for boron carbide synthesis by mechanochemical method or carbon reduction with subsequent crushing and grinding, as well as for SHS treatment were carbon char of PM-15 grade and amorphous boron of A grade taken in stoichiometric composition. SPS sintering of boron carbon powders produced as above mentioned took place at Spark Plasma Sintering (SPS) - Labox 650 plant in graphite dies of 15 mm in diameter in vacuum under 25… 50 MPa pressure. The study of В4С powder workpieces that had been produced by mechanical synthesis, SHS or carbon reduction or SPS sintering of carbon char and amorphous boron mixture, yielded the most efficient modes of SPS sintering for each powder under research. The highest relative density was observed with SPS sintering of В4С powders produced by mechanosynthesis or SHS.

порошки, сажа, бор аморфный, механохимический синтез, рентгеноаморфный карбид бора, поглощающие элементы, СВС-метод, SPS- спекание, электронная микроскопия, структура, powders, carbon char, amorphous boron, mechanochemical synthesis, X-ray amorphous boron carbide, SHS method, SPS sintering, electronic microscopy, structure

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