Spark Plasma Sintered B4C-Structural, Thermal, Electrical and Mechanical Properties.
Ruslan KuliievNina OrlovskayaHolden HyerYongho SohnMykola LugovyDongGi HaMiladin RadovicElinor G CastleMichael John ReecePradeep Vallachira Warriam SasikumarLaura ContiThomas GrauleJakob KueblerGurdial BluganPublished in: Materials (Basel, Switzerland) (2020)
The structural, thermal, electrical and mechanical properties of fully dense B4C ceramics, sintered using Spark Plasma Sintering (SPS), were studied and compared to the properties of B4C ceramics previously published in the literature. New results on B4C's mechanical responses were obtained by nanoindentation and ring-on-ring biaxial strength testing. The findings contribute to a more complete knowledge of the properties of B4C ceramics, an important material in many industrial applications.