Low Shrinkage, Coarse‐Grained Tantalum–Alumina Refractory Composites via Cold Isostatic Pressing

Zienert, Tilo; Roungos, V.; Hubálková, Jana; Gehre, Patrick; Aneziris, Christos G.

doi:10.1002/adem.202200754

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“…Interestingly, despite the large open porosity, the amount of dissolved oxygen in the tantalum lattice seems to be less than for cold isostatically pressed composites where values of 2.0-2.2 at% were observed. [37] Figure 11 shows the measured XRD pattern of the Ta_60 series between 15 °and 37 °2θ. In that range of scattering angles, the intensities of the reflections of the secondary phases NaTaO 3 and AlTaO 4 can be compared.…”

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Ceramic-matrix and metal-matrix composites have been studied for many years. Traditionally, ceramic-matrix composites consist of ceramic (or carbon) fibers embedded in a ceramic matrix. The role of these fibers is to enhance the fracture toughness of the combined material system while still taking advantage of the inherent high strength and Young's modulus of the ceramic matrix. [1][2][3] On the other hand, metalmatrix composites are made by dispersing a reinforcing material into a metal matrix. [4][5][6][7] The reinforcement usually serves as a structural task, but can be also used to improve physical properties such as wear resistance and thermal conductivity. [8] In general, ceramic-metal composites combine high melting point, hardness and chemical stability of ceramics, and high toughness and ductility of metals. In case of high temperature and wear applications, the combination of ceramics with refractory metals (Nb, Mo, Ta, W, and Re) with melting point above 2000 °C is of high interest. [4][5][6][7][9][10][11][12][13] Such materials are especially attractive for the metallurgical industry, where special functional components are exposed to extreme conditions. Examples are electrodes with nonwetting behavior, [14] ladle sliding gate plates with enhanced thermal shock properties, casting nozzles, or integrated heating elements. Such components with high electrical conductivity can also be applied to replace carbon-bonded parts (e.g., graphite electrodes), in cases where the emission of carbon dioxide should be minimized.Most works report the use of fine-grained powders to produce dense sintered composites with high strength and toughness at the same time. [15] However, dense refractories usually show high shrinkage on sintering, with a pure brittle behavior accompanied by a high susceptibility to cracking and subsequent spalling. To improve the thermal shock resistance, a low Young's modulus and high porosity are beneficial. Recently, the concept of coarse-grained refractory composites based on tantalum-alumina and niobium-alumina was introduced. [16] By combining powder metallurgy with castable technology, low shrinkage values and good mechanical properties up to 1500 °C were obtained. The composites showed plastic deformation behavior between 1300 and 1500 °C. [17] Furthermore, the technology allows to produce large refractory components with low residual stresses. In a novel study, a two-step castable procedure was explored to produce refractory niobium-alumina composites. [18] The first step consisted in the synthesis of composite aggregates, while the second involved the production of coarse-grained refractory castables from the presynthesized composite aggregates. Such a fractal design is required in order to ensure a coherent composition at different aggregate size scales and hence to achieve good electrical

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confidence: 99%