Abstract
Abstract B4C based ceramics were fabricated with different Fe3Al contents as sintering aids by spark plasma sintering at relatively low temperature (1700 °C) in vacuum by applying 50 MPa pressure and held at 1700 °C for 5 min. The effect of Fe3Al additions (from 0 to 9 wt%) on the microstructure and mechanical properties of B4C has been studied. The composition and microstructure of as-prepared samples were characterized by means of X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and electron probe microanalyzer (EPMA) equipped with WDS (wavelength dispersive spectrometry) and EDS. The mixtures of B4C and Fe3Al underwent a major reaction in which the metal borides and B4C were encountered as major crystallographic phases. The sample with 7 wt% of Fe3Al as a sintering aid was found to have 32.46 GPa Vickers hardness, 483.40 MPa flexural strength, and 4.1 MPa m1/2 fracture toughness which is higher than that of pure B4C.
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