Nickel-Alumina Composites: In Situ Synthesis by a Displacement Reaction, and Mechanical Properties

1994 ◽  
Vol 365 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven A. Jones ◽  
James M. Burlitch ◽  
Ersan Üstündag ◽  
Jeannie Yoo ◽  
Alan T. Zehnder

ABSTRACTNickel-alumina composites have the potential to be high performance materials. Alumina, with its excellent oxidation resistance, combined with a ductile phase such as nickel may provide a tough material with a lower density and higher Young's modulus, overall, a higher specific modulus than typical Superalloys. Dense, interpenetrating Ni-Al2O3 composites were synthesized using a displacement reaction between NiO and aluminum. The resulting composites were characterized in terms of their mechanical properties such as hardness, flexure strength, fracture toughness and elastic constants. The synthesis, characterization, and mechanical properties, as well as the effect of the interpenetrating microstructure on the toughening mechanisms and other properties will be discussed.

1992 ◽  
Vol 274 ◽  
Author(s):  
Takashi Fujii ◽  
Hironobu Muragaki ◽  
Hiraku Hatano ◽  
Shin-Ichi Hirano

ABSTRACTSimultaneous additions of lanthanum aluminate(LAL) and Al2O3 to Ce-TZP (12mol% CeO2-ZrO2) lead to the in-situ formation of lanthanum- β-alumina(LBA) platelets (∼1.0.μ m in width and 5 ∼10 μ m in length) in the Ce-TZP matrix during sintering. The composites showed a fracture toughness(SEPB method) of 9.5 MPa · m0.5 and fracture strength of 960 MPa. which are remarkably improved from Ce-TZP sintered body (8.5 MPa · m0.5 and 560 MPa).The composites also exhibit the no degradation by hydrothermal treatment.


2014 ◽  
Vol 87 ◽  
pp. 118-125 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frank Kern ◽  
Rainer Gadow

Zirconia-alumina composites are structural ceramics which due to their high strength and toughness are interesting in biomedical and engineering applications. Reinforcement of such materials with in situ formed platelets can improve fracture toughness and reliability, the mechanisms are however not yet fully understood. In this study alumina and zirconia based composites (ZTA and ATZ) reinforced with various hexaaluminates were investigated. In ZTA materials the main effect of platelets is the improvement of toughness as the the grain size distribution of the microstructure is broadened and transformability of the zirconia dispersion is improved. Crack deflection by platelets is unimportant, toughening is commonly achieved at the expense of strength and hardness. In case of zirconia based composites results are strongly depending on the type of stabilizer (Y-TZP or Ce-TZP) used and the type of hexaaluminates formed in situ. Here platelets can cause crack deflection and crack bridging. By variation of the composite recipes a multitude of compositions can be produced which have mechanical properties tailored for individual applications.


2008 ◽  
Vol 591-593 ◽  
pp. 436-440
Author(s):  
João Marcos K. Assis ◽  
Francisco Piorino Neto ◽  
Francisco Cristóvão Lourenço de Melo ◽  
Maria do Carmo de Andrade Nono

A comparative study between alumina added niobia ceramics and two alumina zirconia composites from nanostructured TZP (7% and 14% weight) was made. On this composites the zirconia were yttria stabilized and the alumina were submicron structured. As sintering aid a mixture of magnesia, niobia and talc were used on all samples. The sintering was performed at 1450 oC during 60 minutes. The characteristic grain size and shape of an alumina and zirconia powders, aggregates and agglomerates were characterized. The sintering ceramics were evaluated through hardness, fracture toughness and 4 point bending test. Weibull statistic was applied on the flexural results. Although the fracture toughness result from ZTA were lower, and seems to be affected by the liquid fase, the hardness and Weibull modulus were higher than alumina niobia. The grains size and the homogeneity of its distributions on the microstructure of this ceramics was correlated to these higher values. The results from these alumina zirconia composites showed a potential to apply as a ballistic armor material.


2014 ◽  
Vol 602-603 ◽  
pp. 438-442
Author(s):  
Lei Yu ◽  
Jian Yang ◽  
Tai Qiu

Fully dense (ZrB2+ZrC)/Zr3[Al (Si)]4C6 composites with ZrB2 content varying from 0 to 15 vol.% and fixed ZrC content of 10 vol.% were successfully prepared by in situ hot-pressing in Ar atmosphere using ZrH2, Al, Si, C and B4C as raw materials. With the increase of ZrB2 content, both the bending strength and fracture toughness of the composites increase and then decrease. The synergistic action of ZrB2 and ZrC as reinforcements shows significant strengthening and toughing effect to the Zr3[Al (Si)]4C6 matrix. The composite with 10 vol.% ZrB2 shows the optimal mechanical properties: 516 MPa for bending strength and 6.52 MPa·m1/2 for fracture toughness. With the increase of ZrB2 content, the Vickers hardness of the composites shows a near-linear increase from 15.3 GPa to 16.7 GPa. The strengthening and toughening effect can be ascribed to the unique mechanical properties of ZrB2 and ZrC reinforcements, the differences in coefficient of thermal expansion and modulus between them and Zr3[Al (Si)]4C6 matrix, fine grain strengthening and uniform microstructure derived by the in situ synthesis reaction.


2012 ◽  
Vol 1516 ◽  
pp. 255-260 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Zhang ◽  
L. Hu ◽  
W. Hu ◽  
G. Gottstein ◽  
S. Bogner ◽  
...  

ABSTRACTMo fiber reinforced NiAl in-situ composites with a nominal composition Ni-43.8Al-9.5Mo (at.%) were produced by specially controlled directional solidification (DS) using a laboratory-scale Bridgman furnace equipped with a liquid metal cooling (LMC) device. In these composites, single crystalline Mo fibers were precipitated out through eutectic reaction and aligned parallel to the growth direction of the ingot. Mechanical properties, i.e. the creep resistance at high temperatures (HT, between 900 °C and 1200 °C) and the fracture toughness at room temperature (RT) of in-situ NiAl-Mo composites, were characterized by tensile creep (along the growth direction) and flexure (four-point bending, vertical to the growth direction) tests, respectively. In the current study, a steady creep rate of 10-6s-1 at 1100 °C under an initial applied tensile stress of 150MPa was measured. The flexure tests sustained a fracture toughness of 14.5 MPa·m1/2at room temperature. Compared to binary NiAl and other NiAl alloys, these properties showed a remarkably improvement in creep resistance at HT and fracture toughness at RT that makes this composite a potential candidate material for structural application at the temperatures above 1000 °C. The mechanisms responsible for the improvement of the mechanical properties in NiAl-Mo in-situ composites were discussed based on the investigation results.


2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (43) ◽  
pp. 12108-12112 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaoqing Liu ◽  
Dan Zhang ◽  
Guangshe Li ◽  
Chenglin Xue ◽  
Junfang Ding ◽  
...  

2015 ◽  
Vol 47 (3) ◽  
pp. 311-317 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. Wang ◽  
N. Fan ◽  
J. Zhu ◽  
H. Jiang

Al2O3/TiAl composites were successfully fabricated from powder mixtures of Ti, Al, TiO2, Cr2O3 and Nb2O5 by a hot-press-assisted exothermic dispersion method. The effect of the Cr2O3 and Nb2O5 addition on the microstructures and mechanical properties of Al2O3/TiAl composites was characterized. The results showed that the specimens are mainly composed of TiAl, Ti3Al, Al2O3, NbAl3 and Cr2Al. The Vicker-hardness and density of Al2O3/TiAl composites increase gradually with the increase of Nb2O5 content. When the Nb2O5 content was 6.54 wt %, the flexural strength and fracture toughness of the composites have a maximum values of 789.79 MPa and 9.69 MPa?m1/2, respectively. The improvement of mechanical properties is discussed in detail.


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