Research on powder metallurgy process for preparing aluminum matrix boron carbide composites
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摘要: 本文归纳了粉末冶金法制备铝基碳化硼复合材料的制备工艺, 主要包含混料、压制、烧结、变形等工艺环节; 对铝基碳化硼复合材料主要性能及影响因素做了阐述, 重点整理了材料均匀性、相对密度、力学性能的研究情况; 总结了工程用铝基碳化硼材料的生产及使用情况, 分析几种常见铝基碳化硼产品的特点; 提出采用粉末冶金法生产大尺寸、高品质、低成本的铝基碳化硼材料是未来研究方向之一的观点, 并阐述了工艺优化方案。在核电等相关产业的带动下, 中国有望成为全球铝基碳化硼复合材料生产和研究中心。Abstract: The preparation processes of aluminum matrix boron carbide composites made by powder metallurgy are summarized, those mainly include mixing, pressing, sintering, deformation, et al. The main performance of Al-B4C composites and its in fluence factors are introduced. The uniformity, relative density and mechanical properties of the material are studied. The production and application of Al-B4C composites are also introduced. The characteristics of several types of Al-B4C composites are described. The process optimization scheme is set forth to produce large size, high quality and low cost Al-B4C composites by powder metallurgy.China is expected to become one of the production and research centers of Al-B4C composites, with the development of nuclear power and other related industries.
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图 6 Al‒31%B4C板材金相照片[11]
Figure 6. Metallograph of Al‒31%B4C flats
表 1 含不同质量分数B4C的复合材料密度[11, 15‒16]
Table 1. Density of Al-B4C composite with different mass fraction of B4C[11, 15‒16]
材料 B4C质量分数/ % 工艺 密度,ρ / (g·cm-3) 相对密度/ % 理论值,ρ理 测量值,ρ测 铝基碳化硼复合材料 10 ① 2.681 2.624 97.8 20 2.662 2.596 97.5 30 2.643 2.582 97.4 40 2.592 2.520 97.2 30 ② 2.643 2.640 99.87 31 ③ 2.641 2.638 99.9 注:工艺①为热压(500~620 ℃)+ 轧制+ T6;工艺②为热压(530 ℃)+ T6;工艺③为热等静压工艺 材料 B4C质量分数/ % 工艺 抗拉强度/ MPa 屈服强度/ MPa 断后延伸率/
%6061Al 0 ① 310 270 15.0 6061Al‒B4C 10 ① 295 250 8.8 6061Al‒B4C 20 ① 271 224 4.0 6061Al‒B4C 30 ① 255 186 3.2 6061Al‒B4C 40 ① 232 163 2.0 包壳包覆Al‒B4C 30 ② 167 139 5.0 6061Al‒B4C 31 ③ 302 197 3.2 注:工艺①为热压(500~620 ℃)+ 轧制+ T6;工艺②为铝壳包覆+ 轧制;工艺③为热等静压(500 ℃ + 轧制) -
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