Abstract:
The in-situ TiB
2/Fe composites were synthesized by microwave sintering. The isothermal oxidation behavior of TiB
2/Fe composites was investigated in air at 500℃, 600℃ and 700℃. The surface, cross-sectional morphology and phase composition of the oxide films were also analyzed. The results show that the in-situ TiB
2/Fe composites are composed of TiB
2, Fe
2B and α-Fe phases. With the oxidation temperatures increasing, the oxidation weight of TiB
2/Fe composites increases obviously and shows the law of parabolic. At 500℃, the main oxidation products of the composites are Fe
2O
3 and Fe
3O
4. At 700℃, the oxides are composed of Fe
2O
3, TiO
2, Fe
9TiO
15 and Fe
3BO
6. With the increase of TiB
2 contents, the oxide particle size, oxidation mass and oxide layer thickness of TiB
2/Fe composites decrease at the same temperature, and the oxidation activation energy increases, which leads to the improvement of the oxidation resistance of TiB
2/Fe composites.