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JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN CERAMIC SOCIETY
Volume 40, Issue 54, Pages 1801-1810Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2019.12.051
Keywords
Hafnium carbides; Powder; Synthesis; Residual carbon; Densification
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- Agency for Defense Development (ADD) [UD160060BD]
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The residual carbon content of ultra-fine hafnium carbide (HfC) powder was controlled by the optimization of the synthesis process, and the effect of residual carbon on the densification of HfC powder was analyzed. The amount of residual carbon in the HfC powder could be reduced by the de-agglomeration of HfO2 powder before the carbo-thermal reduction (CTR) process. The average particle size of HfO2 powder decreased from 230 to 130 nm after the de-agglomeration treatment. Ultra-fine (d(50): 110 nm) and highly pure (metal basis purity: > 99.9 % except for Zr) HfC powder was obtained after the CTR at 1600 degrees C for 1 h using the C/Hf mixing ratio of 3.3. In contrast, the C/Hf ratio increased to 3.6 without the de-agglomeration treatment, indicating that a large amount of excess carbon was required for the complete reduction of the agglomerated HfO2 particles. HfC ceramics with high relative density (> 98 %) were obtained after spark plasma sintering at 2000 degrees C under 80 MPa pressure when using the HfC powder with low excess carbon content. In contrast, the densification did not complete at a higher temperature (2300 degrees C) and pressure (100 MPa) when the HfC powder contained a large amount of residual carbon. The results clearly indicated that residual carbon suppressed the densification of HfC powder in case the carbide powder had low oxygen content, and the residual carbon content could be controlled by the optimization of the synthesis process. The average grain size and Vickers hardness of the sintered specimen were 6.7(+/- 0.7) mu m and 19.6 GPa, respectively.
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