Journal
SCRIPTA MATERIALIA
Volume 196, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.scriptamat.2021.113759
Keywords
Tungsten; Spark plasma sintering; Carbon; Diffusion; Protective foil
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- National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) - Ministry of Science and ICT [NRF-2020R1A5A6017701, NRF-2018R1A2B6006856]
- ITER Technology R&D Programme of the National Fusion Research Institute (NFRI)
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The study introduces protective foils made up of molybdenum and tantalum to minimize carbide formation in tungsten. Tantalum foil suppresses carbon diffusion into tungsten, while molybdenum foil is not an effective diffusion barrier.
Carbide reduces the ductility of tungsten and leads to brittle intergranular fractures. These fractures are inevitably formed in tungsten by carbon diffusion owing to graphite mold during spark plasma sintering. Here, we introduce protective foils made up of two different carbide-forming elements, molybdenum and tantalum, to minimize the carbide formation. Cross-sectional elemental mapping shows that the tantalum foil suppresses carbon diffusion into tungsten, while the molybdenum foil is not an effective diffusion barrier. Thermodynamic-kinetic simulations demonstrate that the suppressed carbon diffusion in tantalum is attributed to high solubility and low diffusivity. Furthermore, the thermodynamically stable tantalum carbide prevents further carbon diffusion at the tantalum/tungsten interface. For the opposite reason, carbon diffuses faster not only in the molybdenum, but also at the molybdenum/tungsten interface. This study provides strategies to minimize the carbon diffusion during spark plasma sintering as well as an intuition into developing structural materials for extreme carbonaceous environments. (C) 2021 Acta Materialia Inc. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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