Abstract
In this paper, the influences of variation of spark plasma sintering (SPS) temperature on the microstructure and mechanical properties of mullite-(10wt%)WC composites were investigated. It was found that the increment of the SPS temperature from 1300°C to 1400°C improves the densification behaviour and mechanical properties of this composite. However, with the further increasing of the SPS temperature to 1450°C, the grain size of mullite matrix considerably increased and tungsten carbide reinforcements partially decomposed to W2C phase. Due to inferior mechanical properties of W2C in comparison with WC and grain growth of mullite matrix, mechanical properties of this sample were deteriorated. As a consequence, the SPS temperature of 1400°C was chosen as the optimum consolidation condition for this composite. The comparison of microhardness, fracture toughness and strength of mullite-(10wt%)WC composite (15.89GPa, 4.07MPa·m1/2 and 298MPa, respectively) with the monolithic mullite samples SPS-processed at the temperature of 1400°C confirms the positive effect of WC addition to mullite matrix.
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