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Electroerosion behavior of a ceramic based on boron carbide: Phase composition, structure, and properties of protective spark coatings

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Measurements have been made on the erosion resistance of B4C-15% TiB2 materials made by reactive sintering on hot pressing of B4C-TiO2-C powder mixtures. The composite material is used as an electrode for treating steel and titanium surfaces in spark alloying. It is shown that the method of preparing the boron carbide influences the erosion resistance of the ceramic much less than it does for the mechanical properties. The surface layers of the electrode materials are affected by the electrical discharge and give rise to secondary structures because of chemical interaction between the electrode materials on the one hand and elements in the gas medium on the other. The properties of these structures are responsible for the erosion characteristics of the electrode material and for the compositions and qualitative properties of the coatings.

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  1. Institute for Problems of Materials Science, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kiev

    Yu. G. Tkachenko, V. F. Britun, G. O. Bovkun & D. Z. Yurchenko

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Translated from Poroshkovaya Metallurgiya, Nos. 11–12(446), pp. 27–36, November–December, 2005.

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Tkachenko, Y.G., Britun, V.F., Bovkun, G.O. et al. Electroerosion behavior of a ceramic based on boron carbide: Phase composition, structure, and properties of protective spark coatings. Powder Metall Met Ceram 44, 537–544 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11106-006-0022-0

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