CERAMICS INTERNATIONAL
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2025
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IF 5.6
Mengwen Zhang,Fanyu Meng,Binyang Jiang,Jinsheng Li,Lei Fan,Shoulei Yang
To further enhance the performance of Al 2 O 3 -Ti(C,N) composites, this study employed novel sinter forging and dynamic sinter forging techniques, comparing them with conventional hot pressing and oscillatory pressure sintering. The results revealed that the composites produced by all four processes exhibited high density and no phase transition or formation of new phases. However, the composites prepared by sinter forging and dynamic sinter forging exhibited significantly improved strength and hardness. The hardness of the composites produced by sinter forging increased to 23.39 GPa, while the strength reached 1142 MPa, representing a 61 % improvement compared to those sintered by hot pressing. This improvement can be attributed to the significant plastic deformation induced by the sinter-forging process, which results in a higher dislocation density at the grain boundaries and within certain grains, enhanced coordinated deformation between grains, and stronger grain boundary bonding. Furthermore, the average grain size was smaller. Therefore, sinter forging and dynamic sinter forging offer substantial advantages in the preparation of advanced ceramics.
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材料科学
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陶瓷工程
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高影响因子
International Journal of Applied Ceramic Technology
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2023
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IF 2.1
Mengwen Zhang,Na Cao,Fanyu Meng,Lutong Yang,Binyang Jiang,Jinsheng Li,Lei Fan,Shoulei Yang
High-toughness Al 2 O 3 –Ti(C,N) composites reinforced by cBN particles were prepared by the new oscillating pressure sintering technique. The density, phase, and microstructure evolution of the Al 2 O 3 –Ti(C,N)-cBN composites sintered at different temperatures were studied, and their effects on the mechanical properties were investigated. The results show that when the sintering temperature increases from 1300 to 1500°C, the heat preservation time shortens, whereas the density and interface bonding strength of the composites increase. In addition, cBN particles can play the role of crack bridging and be pulled out when the composites fracture, improving the toughness of the Al 2 O 3 –Ti(C,N)–cBN composites. However, when the sintering temperature further rises to 1600°C, a new phase of TiB 2 forms, and the solid solubility of C and N in Ti(C,N) increases, leading to a decrease in density and mechanical properties. As a result, when the Al 2 O 3 –Ti(C,N)–cBN composite is sintered at 1500°C, its mechanical properties reach the maximum values of 21.5 GPa, 5.7 MPa m 1/2 , and 731 MPa for hardness, fracture toughness, and flexural strength, respectively.
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材料科学
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陶瓷工程
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Journal of the Australian Ceramic Society
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2023
·Vol. 59
·期 5
·1231-1239
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IF 1.9
Zhang Mengwen,Jiang Binyang,Yang Lutong,Cao Na,Li Zhaosheng,Fan Lei,Yang Shoulei
The emerging oscillatory pressure sintering technology is used to prepare high-performance Al 2 O 3 -Ti(C,N) ceramic tools for high-speed cutting. By recording the displacement during sintering, the sintering shrinkage rate of the Al 2 O 3 -Ti(C,N) composite was calculated, and the stress exponent n and sintering activation energy Q were calculated according to creep theory to determine the densification mechanism. In addition, the evolution of phases, microstructure and hardness of the composite was also observed. Results show that during oscillatory pressure sintering process at 1400 °C and 1300 °C, the stress exponent of Al 2 O 3 -Ti(C,N) composite is around 2.2 and the sintering activation energy is 486 kJ mol −1 , indicating that the densification mechanism is a diffusion-controlled grain boundary sliding of Al 2 O 3 phase. Additionally, as the oscillatory pressure increases, the average grain size of the Al 2 O 3 decreases and the Vickers hardness increases. Hardness achieves the highest 22.7 GPa when the median oscillatory pressure is 70 MPa at 1400 °C, which is 1 GPa higher than that of static pressure of 70 MPa.
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材料科学
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机械工程
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International Journal of Applied Ceramic Technology
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2022
·Vol. 20
·期 1
·527-533
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IF 2.328
Mengwen Zhang,Lutong Yang,Zhaosheng Li,Binyang Jiang
Al 2 O 3 –cBN has received considerable attention in the field of ceramic cutting tools due to its high hardness, high wear resistance, and low cost, but poor interfacial bonding affects the performance of the composite. In this study, a novel hot-forging process was used to prepare high-performance Al 2 O 3 –cBN composites using Ti(C,N) as a binder. The evolution of the morphology, phase, and microstructure of the hot-forged Al 2 O 3 –Ti(C,N)–cBN composites was determined, and the mechanical properties were measured. The relative density of the composites increases significantly after hot forging, and the deformation of the composites increases with the hot-forging temperature. The highest performing Al 2 O 3 –Ti(C,N)–cBN composite was prepared by hot forging at 1600°C and has a hardness of 20 GPa, a bending strength of 647 MPa and a fracture toughness of 5.37 MPa m 1/2 , which are superior to those of a directly hot-pressed sintered composite. However, at hot-forging temperatures higher than 1700°C, Al 5 O 6 N and TiB 2 are formed in the composite. In the composite hot forged at 1800°C, serrated grain boundaries promote the strength and toughness of the composite to 877 MPa and 6.76 MPa m 1/2 , respectively. Therefore, the novel hot-forging process is expected to enhance material properties.
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材料科学
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机械工程
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CERAMICS INTERNATIONAL
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2026
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IF 6
Mengwen Zhang,Fanyu Meng,Xiaoyu Chen,Na Cao,Lei Fan,Shoulei Yang
High-performance ceramic cutting tools require superior hardness and toughness under extreme temperatures; yet conventional sintering methods for Al 2 O 3 -Ti(C,N) composites often suffer from incomplete densification and grain coarsening. In this study, dynamic sinter forging (DSF) with oscillatory pressure amplitudes of 40 ± 40 MPa at 1600 °C is employed to regulate the densification behaviour and microstructural evolution of Al 2 O 3 -Ti(C,N) composites. The composite achieves a relative density above 99.9%, flexural strength of 1111 MPa, and hardness of 24.5 GPa at 15 Hz. A maximum fracture toughness of 5.44 MPa m 1/2 is obtained at 10 Hz. Microstructural observations reveal that moderate-frequency oscillation activate interfacial diffusion and stress-assisted plastic flow, promoting grain-boundary sliding and compact bonding to form a fine-grained and homogeneous structure. These results confirm that frequency-controlled DSF facilitates simultaneous enhancement of strength and toughness, providing a valid route for fabricating high-performance Al 2 O 3 -based cutting ceramics with optimized microstructural designs.
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