Abstract
In order to develop a new ceramic tool material with self-repairing capability, Al2O3/TiC/TiB2 ceramic tool material was prepared by vacuum hot-pressure sintering method. The toughening and strengthening mechanism of TiB2 on Al2O3/TiC substrate was analyzed. The results show that the ceramic tool material has good comprehensive mechanical properties when the TiB2 content is 10 vol.%. Its flexural strength was 701.32 MPa, hardness was 18.3 GPa, and fracture toughness was 6.2 MPa·m1/2, which were improved by 11.6%, 2.2% and 16.1% respectively, compared with the Al2O3/TiC tool material. Fracture surfaces of the Al2O3/TiC/TiB2 ceramic tool material were characterized by SEM, EDS and XRD. The results showed that the fracture mode was a mixture of transgranular fracture and intergranular fracture. The growth of Al2O3 and TiC grains can be effectively inhibited by adding appropriate amount of TiB2, and the internal grains of the material can be refined. The TiB2 has a uniform distribution in the matrix and acts as a diffusion toughening agent. The cutting performance of Al2O3/TiC/10 vol.%TiB2 tool material was further investigated. Experiments conducted on tools made of Al2O3/TiC and Al2O3/TiC/TiB2 materials showed that the main forms of wear for both tools were abrasive wear and bonded wear. The friction coefficient of Al2O3/TiC/TiB2 tools was reduced by 10.77% compared to Al2O3/TiC tools.
Highlights
Advanced ceramic tool materials have attracted a lot of attention in the past decades due to their high hardness, corrosion resistance, and good thermal stability [1,2]
In order to improve the mechanical properties of Al2O3 ceramic tool materials, many scholars have done a lot of research
There are no other impurity peaks, which indicates that there is no hightemperature reaction between the components of the material and it has good chemical compatibility. This is consistent with the results of energy dispersive spectrometer (EDS) spectra
Summary
Advanced ceramic tool materials have attracted a lot of attention in the past decades due to their high hardness, corrosion resistance, and good thermal stability [1,2]. Al2O3 ceramics are widely used in the manufacture of tools due to their superior properties. Pure Al2O3 ceramics have problems such as low strength and poor fracture toughness. In order to improve the mechanical properties of Al2O3 ceramic tool materials, many scholars have done a lot of research. The alumina-based ceramic materials were toughened and reinforced by adding carbides, oxides, and borides to the Al2O3 ceramic materials. The toughening mechanisms include particle toughening, phase change toughening, and whisker toughening [3,4,5,6]
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