Room and high temperature flexural failure of spark plasma sintered boron carbide

• Published in: Ceramics international Vol. 42; no. 6; pp. 7001 - 7013
• Main Authors: Vasylkiv, O., Demirskyi, D., Badica, P., Nishimura, T., Tok, A.I.Y., Sakka, Y., Borodianska, H.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 01.05.2016
• Subjects: Boron carbide; Flexural mechanical properties; Spark plasma sintering; Spark plasma sintering; Boron carbide; Flexural mechanical properties

Dense (95–98.6%) bulk boron carbide prepared by Spark Plasma Sintering (SPS) in Ar or N2 atmospheres were subject to three-point flexural tests at room and at 1600°C. Eight different consolidation conditions were used via SPS of commercially available B4C powder. Resulting specimens had similar grai...