摘要
In recent decades,many additives with difierent characteristics have been applied to strengthen and toughen Al_2O_(3)一based ceramic cutting tool materials.Among them,SiC whiskers and SiC nanoparticles showed excellent performance in improving the material properties.W hile no attempts have been made to add SiC whiskers and SiC nanoparticles together into the ceramic matrix and the synergistically toughening efects of them have not been studied.An Al_2O_(3)一SiCw-SiCno advanced ceramic cutting tool material is fabricated by adding both one--dimensional SiC whiskers and zero--dimensional SiC nanoparticles into the Al_2O_(3)matrix with an efective dispersing and mixing process.The composites with 25 vo1%SiC whiskers and 25 vo1%SiC nanoparticles alone are also investegated for comparison purposes.Results show that the Al_2O_(3)一SiCw-SiCno composite with both 20 vo1%SiC whiskers and 5 vo1%SiC nanoparticles additives have much improved mechanical properties.The flexural strength of Al_2O_(3)-SiCw-SiCⅡD is 730~95 MPa and fracture toughness is 5.6±0.6 MPa’m.The toughening and strengthening mechanisms of SiC whiskers and nanoparticles are studied when they are added either individually or in combination.It is indicated that when SiC whiskers and nanoparticles are added together,the grains are further refined and homogenized,so that the microstructure and fracture mode ratio is modified.The SiC nanoparticles are found helpful to enhance the toughening efects of the SiC whiskers.The proposed research helps to enrich the types of ceramic cutting too1 and is benefit to expand the application range of ceramic cutting too1.
基金
Supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.51175305)
