The simultaneous synthesis and densification of rhenium diboride is investigated starting from Re and B as reactants by using the Spark Plasma Sintering (SPS) apparatus. It is shown that SPS represents an effective technique to synthesize ReB(2) bulk samples with high purity and density. In particular, a dense product with traces of secondary phases (Re(7)B(3)) is obtained in 35 min of total processing time by applying a maximum temperature of 1600 degrees C and a mechanical pressure of 20 MPa. (C) 2008 Elsevier Ltd and Techna Group S.r.l. All rights reserved.
Reactive Spark Plasma Sintering of rhenium diboride
LOCCI, ANTONIO MARIO;LICHERI, ROBERTA;ORRU', ROBERTO;CAO, GIACOMO
2009-01-01
Abstract
The simultaneous synthesis and densification of rhenium diboride is investigated starting from Re and B as reactants by using the Spark Plasma Sintering (SPS) apparatus. It is shown that SPS represents an effective technique to synthesize ReB(2) bulk samples with high purity and density. In particular, a dense product with traces of secondary phases (Re(7)B(3)) is obtained in 35 min of total processing time by applying a maximum temperature of 1600 degrees C and a mechanical pressure of 20 MPa. (C) 2008 Elsevier Ltd and Techna Group S.r.l. All rights reserved.I metadati presenti in IRIS UNICA sono rilasciati con licenza Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal, mentre i file delle pubblicazioni sono protetti da diritto d'autore, salvo diversa indicazione.



