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In Situ Spark Plasma Sintering, Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Fe-15Cr-2Mn-1.5Al Matrix Composites Reinforced with TiB2 and CrFeB

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Fe-15Cr-2Mn-1.5Al metal matrix composites (MMCs) reinforced with TiB2 and CrFeB were synthesized from a Fe, Cr, Mn, Al, Ti, and B powder mixture at 1100°C and 50 MPa for 15 min using an in situ spark plasma sintering (SPS) method. A mechanical alloying process was used to improve the activity and uniformity of the composite powder. The reinforced phase and matrix were studied by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The mechanical properties of the steel-based MMCs were also measured by compression and microhardness. The results showed that the in situ synthesized reinforcements of steel-based MMCs were Cr-rich M2B-type boride (CrFeB) and TiB2, and the matrixes were α-Fe. CrFeB addition improved the plastic deformation capacity and weakened the compressive strength as well as the hardness. The plastic deformation capacity of the (15 vol.% M2B + 10 vol.% TiB2)/Fe-15Cr-2Mn-1.5Al composite equaled ~ 14.3%, which was almost double that of the TiB2/Fe-15Cr-2Mn-1.5Al composite (~ 7.5%). The compressive strength and hardness of the TiB2/Fe-15Cr-2Mn-1.5Al composite equaled ~ 2971 MPa and 781 ± 15 HV, respectively, while the compressive strength and hardness of the (15 vol.% M2B + 10 vol.% TiB2)/Fe-15Cr-2Mn-1.5Al composite equaled ~ 2576 MPa and 659 ± 15 HV, respectively.

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This work was supported by the Science and Technology Planning Projects of Guangzhou (202102080110), the Science and Technology Planning Projects of Guangzhou (201905010007), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (51805104), the Science and Technology Planning Projects of Guangzhou, China (201803030041), Guangdong education department project (2017GCZX003) and (2020A1515111194), Youth Project of 2020 Guangdong Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation (Guangdong and Dongguan) Joint Foundation(2020A1515111194).

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    Jian Liu, Min Wu & Wei Xu

  2. School of Mechatronic Engineering, Guangdong Polytechnic Normal University, Guangzhou, 510665, China

    Bin Wang

  3. Guangdong Key Laboratory for Advanced Metallic Materials Processing, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510640, China

    Weiping Chen & Fangfang Liu

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Liu, J., Wu, M., Wang, B. et al. In Situ Spark Plasma Sintering, Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Fe-15Cr-2Mn-1.5Al Matrix Composites Reinforced with TiB2 and CrFeB. JOM 75, 886–894 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11837-022-05683-5

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