Abstract:
1Cr18Ni9Ti and Ti-6Al-4V were selected as the metal substrates, and CrO
3+Al thermit was introduced into B
4C+Ti primary system for adjusting the adiabatic temperature of reaction system as 3 193, 3 282, 3 290 and 3 473 K, TiB
2-TiC/1Cr18Ni9Ti and TiB
2-TiC/Ti-6Al-4V graded composites were prepared by reaction joining in high-gravity field. Because increasing reaction adiabatic temperature brought about the increased melting depth of metal substrates, the intermediate between the ceramic and metal increased in thickness while Al
2O
3 inclusions at the interfacial areas inevitably increased. By changing the processing route, i.e. respectively preparing, ball-milling and compacting B
4C+Ti blends and CrO
3+Al thermit and subsequently filling them one by one into the crucibles, it is found that Al
2O
3 inclusions at the intermediates are removed completely, three-dimensional network ceramic/metal graded composite structure develope in the interface of TiB
2-TiC/1Cr18Ni9Ti, while in the interface of TiB
2-TiC/Ti-6Al-4V there forms the multiscale and multilevel graded composite structure.