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Measurement of the Melting Temperature of ZrB₂ as Determined by Laser Heating and Spectrometric Analysis
Journal of the American Ceramic Society
  • Austin D. Stanfield
  • Dario Manara
  • Davide Robba
  • Greg Hilmas, Missouri University of Science and Technology
  • William Fahrenholtz, Missouri University of Science and Technology
Abstract

The melting temperatures of two different ZrB2 ceramics were studied using laser induced melting. ZrB2 having a low Hf content, produced by reaction hot pressing, had a melting temperature of 3546 K and a commercial grade ZrB2 had a melting temperature of 3553 K. Uncertainty of the temperature measurements was 1% of the absolute temperature, or ~35 K for both materials based upon 2-sigma and a 95% confidence interval. While these values were consistent with the previously reported ZrB2 melting temperature of 3518 K, this study was able to measure Tm with less uncertainty than previous studies (± 45 K). Furthermore, this study assessed the effect of Hf content on melting temperature, finding that melting temperature did not change significantly for hafnium contents of 1.75 to 0.01 at%. This study also measured a normal spectral emissivity of 0.34 for ZrB2 at 3000 K. The emissivity decreased to 0.28 at the melting temperature, then, stabilized at 0.30 in a liquid phase.

Department(s)
Materials Science and Engineering
Comments

National Science Foundation, Grant CMMI‐1902069

Keywords and Phrases
  • Borides,
  • Optical Materials/Properties,
  • Phase Transition,
  • Thermal Analysis,
  • Ultra-High Temperature Ceramics
Document Type
Article - Journal
Document Version
Citation
File Type
text
Language(s)
English
Rights
© 2021 American Ceramic Society, All rights reserved.
Publication Date
6-1-2021
Publication Date
01 Jun 2021
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Citation Information
Austin D. Stanfield, Dario Manara, Davide Robba, Greg Hilmas, et al.. "Measurement of the Melting Temperature of ZrB₂ as Determined by Laser Heating and Spectrometric Analysis" Journal of the American Ceramic Society Vol. 104 Iss. 6 (2021) p. 2780 - 2787 ISSN: 0002-7820; 1551-2916
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/greg-hilmas/274/