Ultra-fine Ti(C,N) based cermets toughened by carbon nano-tubes
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摘要: Ti(C,N)基金属陶瓷的低韧性限制了其广泛应用于切削刀具领域。为探究碳纳米管对超细Ti(C,N)基金属陶瓷断裂韧性的影响,采用化学镀工艺在碳纳米管表面镀Ni,采用粉末冶金法真空烧结制备了不同碳纳米管含量的超细Ti(C,N)基金属陶瓷。研究了不同含量镀镍和未镀镍的碳纳米管对Ti(C,N)金属陶瓷组织和断裂韧性的影响。扫描电镜照片表明 , 添加CNTs后,组织中出现无芯晶粒及微孔洞。压痕法测试断裂韧性的结果表明,纳米管的加入使超细Ti(C,N)金属陶瓷的断裂韧性提高 29. 4 %~62. 7 % , 碳纳米管增韧机制为裂纹偏转和桥接增韧、无芯晶粒增韧及微孔洞增韧。此外,随着碳纳米管含量的增加,超细CNTs/Ti(C,N)金属陶瓷复合材料的相对密度和硬度均有轻微下降。添加镀镍和未镀镍碳纳米管对超细Ti(C,N)金属陶瓷都具有很好的增韧作用。Abstract: Because of the low fracture toughness,Ti(C,N) based cermets are limited for wider utilization in the field of cutting tools,carbon nano-tubes (CNTs) were deposited with Ni by electroless plating and the ultra-fine Ti(C,N) based cermets with various CNTs mass fractions were made by vacuum sintering in order to study the effect of CNTs on the fracture toughness of ultra-fine Ti(C,N) based cermets. The effect of different CNTs contents both Ni deposited and undeposited on the microstructure and fracture toughness of the cermets was studied. The micrographs observed by SEM show that coreless grains and micro pores exist in the cermets with CNTs. The results of fracture toughness conducted by indentation show that the addition of CNTs toughens ultra-fine Ti(C,N) based cermets by 29. 4 %~62. 7 %. Crack deflection,crack bridging,coreless grains and micro pores are responsible for the toughening mechanisms. In addition,the relative density and hardness of ultra-fine cermets decrease slightly with the increasing of CNTs mass fraction. CNTs both Ni deposited and undeposited can play an active role in improving the fracture toughness of Ti(C,N)cermets.
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Key words:
- arbon nano-tubes /
- electroless plating Ni /
- cermets /
- fracture toughness /
- toughening mechanism
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