Abstract
Al2O3/Ti(C,N) ceramic tool materials were fabricated by one-step and two-step microwave sintering respectively. Microstructure and mechanical properties of sintered compacts were studied. Two-step microwave sintering can effectively restrain grain growth (1.32µm for two-step sintering, 2.15µm for one-step sintering), but the density of sintered was only 88.5% (98.2% for one-step sintering). The optimal mechanical properties were obtained by one-step microwave sintering (sintering temperature 1550°C with the holding time of 10min). The relative density, fracture toughness and Vickers hardness were 98.2±0.35, 6.75±0.73MPam1/2 and 18.7±0.85GPa, respectively. Ti(C,N) whiskers were formed by the two-step microwave sintering, which might be ascribed to the effects of single densification mechanism. As grain boundary diffusion played a leading role in densification while grain boundary migration was absent at 1300°C.
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