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Elevated Temperature Thermal Properties of ZrB2-B4C Ceramics
Journal of the European Ceramic Society
  • Eric W. Neuman
  • Matthew Thompson
  • William Fahrenholtz, Missouri University of Science and Technology
  • Gregory E. Hilmas, Missouri University of Science and Technology
Abstract

The elevated temperature thermal properties of zirconium diboride ceramics containing boron carbide additions of up to 15 vol% were investigated using a combined experimental and modeling approach. The addition of B4C led to a decrease in the ZrB2 grain size from 22 µm for nominally pure ZrB2 to 5.4 µm for ZrB2 containing 15 vol% B4C. The measured room temperature thermal conductivity decreased from 93 W/m·K for nominally pure ZrB2 to 80 W/m·K for ZrB2 containing 15 vol% B4C. The thermal conductivity also decreased as temperature increased. For nominally pure ZrB2, the thermal conductivity was 67 W/m·K at 2000 °C compared to 55 W/m·K for ZrB2 containing 15 vol% B4C. A model was developed to describe the effects of grain size and the second phase additions on thermal conductivity from room temperature to 2000 °C. Differences between model predictions and measured values were less than 2 W/m·K at 25 °C for nominally pure ZrB2 and less than 6 W/m·K when 15 vol% B4C was added.

Department(s)
Materials Science and Engineering
Comments

Air Force Office of Scientific Research, Grant FA9550-09-1-0168

Keywords and Phrases
  • Boron carbide,
  • Thermal conductivity,
  • Zirconium diboride
Document Type
Article - Journal
Document Version
Final Version
File Type
text
Language(s)
English
Rights
© 2023 Elsevier, All rights reserved.
Publication Date
8-1-2022
Publication Date
01 Aug 2022
Citation Information
Eric W. Neuman, Matthew Thompson, William Fahrenholtz and Gregory E. Hilmas. "Elevated Temperature Thermal Properties of ZrB2-B4C Ceramics" Journal of the European Ceramic Society Vol. 42 Iss. 9 (2022) p. 4024 - 4029 ISSN: 1873-619X; 0955-2219
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/greg-hilmas/294/