Ni/Al2O3 composites were prepared by hot pressing approach. The relationship between their microstructure,mechanical,dielectric and magnetic properties with Ni particle content was studied. By increasing the amount of metal in the composite,the relative density and the bending strength decrease gradually. The possible reason is that non-wetting between Ni and alumina in the preparation results in weak adhesion of the Ni/Al interface. For the composites,the maximum fracture toughness is 6.4 MPa· m1/2,which is about 25% higher than that of pure alumina ceramic. The increase in toughness of the Ni/Al2O3 composites is due to the deformation of nickel particles. The complex dielectric constant measurements indicate that the real part and the imaginary part increase greatly with the Ni content in the frequency range of 8.2-12.4 GHz. The real part and the imaginary part of complex permeability of the composites also increase with increasing Ni content.
The doped SiC powders were prepared by the thermal diffusion process in nitrogen atmosphere at 2 000 ℃. Graphite film with holes was used as the protective mask. The dielectric properties of the prepared SiC powders at high frequencies were investigated. The complex permittivity of the undoped and doped SiC powders was measured within the microwave frequency range from 8.2 to 12.4 GHz. The XRD patterns show that before and after heat treatment no new phase appears in the samples of undoped and nitrogen-doped,however,in the aluminum-doped sample the AlN phase appears. At the same time the Raman spectra indicate that after doping the aluminum and nitrogen atoms affect the bond of silicon and carbon. The dielectric real part(ε′) and imaginary part(ε") of the nitrogen-doped sample are higher than those of the other samples. The reason is that in the nitrogen-doped the N atom substitutes the C position of SiC crystal and induces more carriers and in the nitrogen and aluminum-doped the concentration of carriers and the effect of dielectric relaxation will decrease because of the aluminum and nitrogen contrary dopants.
Nano-SiC powders doped by B were synthesized through the carbothermal reduction of xerogels containing the tributyl borate. The results show that the 3C-SiC with minor phase of 6H-SiC is generated at 1 700 ℃,and that there are not the characteristic peaks of any boride in the XRD patterns,which indicates that the boron is available only on the crystallization of 3C-SiC. The Raman spectra of the samples also show the characteristic bands of 3C-and 6H-SiC at 788 and 965 cm-1. But the bands at 1 345 and 1 590 cm-1 are characteristic peaks of amorphous carbon materials. The intensities of peaks at 788 and 965 cm-1 increase with B content in Raman spectra,which also shift to higher wavenumber with the increasing B. The microstructure of SiC powder is composed of agglomerated particles with diameters ranging from 30 to 100 nm. The results of dielectric property show that the sample with 0.005 B has the largest values in ε′ and ε″ among the four samples due to the existence of the intrinsic defects. But the absence of the relaxation polarization leads to low values of all the samples.
A series of BaO-La2O3-B2O3(BLB) glass coats on the Ti-based alloy substrates were developed at different temperatures for different times. The BLB glasses were analyzed by differential thermal analysis(DTA) and thermal mechanical analysis(TMA) to determine the crystallization temperature and coefficients of thermal expansion(CETs) of the glass. The tensile strength and microstructure of the glass coats were analyzed and the effects of the coating condition on the tensile strength and microstructure were discussed. The results show that the CETs of the borate glass at different temperatures match with those of Ti-based alloy,and the difference between the borate glass and Ti-based alloy at each temperature is below 5%. The spreading area in N2 atmosphere is much larger than that in air atmosphere,indicating that N2 atmosphere is helpful for the wetting of borate glass to Ti-based alloy. The tensile strength of the glass coats can reach as high as 28.42 MPa,meeting the requirements for the coat binder. With the increase of coating time,the tensile strength of coats increases firstly while then decreases. The coat prepared at 730 ℃ for 30 min is fairly smooth and complete,while the other coats contain lots of defects such as large or small uncoated region. It is believed that the coating temperature of 730 ℃ and coating time of 30 min are the proper coating conditions to prepare BLB glass coats.
