| Fabrication and Properties of Boron
Carbide/Graphite Ceramic Pellets |
Ping He,1 Shaoming Dong,* Yanmei Kan, Xiangyu Zhang and Yusheng Ding
pages : 104-107
DOI :10.1080/0371750X.2015.1023467 |
| Abstract |
| Boron carbide (B4C)/graphite (C) ceramic pellets containing 25 wt% B4C as an ideal structural component in Chinese
10 MW high temperature gas-cooled test reactor (HTR-10) were successfully prepared by a two-stage operation
method at low temperature. Initially, the samples were pressurelessly sintered at 1373 K and subsequently infiltrated
with phenolic resin, pyrolysed at 1473 K, then coated with carbon by chemical vapour deposition at 1273 K.
Morphology and structure of the samples were analysed by SEM and X-ray diffraction. The mechanical properties of
the sintered bodies were also investigated. Superior properties were obtained due to the formation of pyrolytic
carbon during the two-stage operation process. Density and compression strength of the samples were 1.94 g.cm–3
and 620 N, respectively. In addition, the rate of abrasion and moisture resistance were near zero for the samples.
[Keywords: B4C/C ceramic pellet, Microstructure, Mechanical properties, Nuclear application] |
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