Abstract
The sintering behavior and mechanical properties of cubic boron nitride (cBN) composites, using the mixture of cBN–Ti3Al and cBN–Ti3Al-Al as the starting material respectively, were investigated under high pressure and high temperature (HPHT) conditions. The results show that the samples of cBN–Ti3Al-Al sintering system have more homogeneous microstructures. Young's modulus, shear modulus, and bulk modulus of samples measured by ultrasonic measurements can reach to 782±3 GPa, 344±1 GPa, and 348±2 GPa, respectively. The hardness increases remarkably with the sintering temperature rising, and reaches to the highest value of 35.04±0.51 GPa. For the cBN–Ti3Al sintering system, the X-ray diffraction patterns of composites reveal that the chemical reactions between cBN and Ti3Al occurred at 5.0 GPa and 1300°C. The reaction mechanisms of both cBN–Ti3Al and cBN–Ti3Al-Al sintering systems are discussed in this paper.
Acknowledgements
This work was funded by Sichuan University, National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 51072123) and Key Laboratory of Shock Wave and Detonation Physics Foundation (Grant. No. 9140C670201110C6703).