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Phase Composition and Microstructure of Reaction-Bonded Boron-Carbide Materials

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Porous boron-carbide billets containing different amounts of carbon (0 – 15 wt%) were infiltrated with molten silicon to produce dense materials (ρ = 99.6% of theoretical) from starting B4C powders with d0.5 90 and 12.5 μm. The phase composition and microstructure of the material were studied. A solid solution of boron carbide in silicon was determined to be present.

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The work was financially supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research Project No. 17-03-00863\18.

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    S. N. Perevislov & V. Shcherbak

  2. A. F. Ioffe Physical-Technical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia

    M. V. Tomkovich

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Translated from Novye Ogneupory, No. 4, pp. 96 – 100, April, 2018.

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Perevislov, S.N., Shcherbak, V. & Tomkovich, M.V. Phase Composition and Microstructure of Reaction-Bonded Boron-Carbide Materials. Refract Ind Ceram 59, 179–183 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11148-018-0202-8

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