Abstract
Super-hard (Hf,Mo,Ti,V,W)B2 was synthesized by boro-carbothermal reduction and densified by spark plasma sintering. This composition was produced for the first time as a single-phase ceramic in the present research. The optimized ceramic had a single hexagonal AlB2-type crystalline phase with a grain size of 3.8 µm and homogeneous distribution of the constituent metals. The Vickers hardness exhibited the indentation size effect, increasing from 27 GPa at a load of 9.8 N to as high as 66 GPa at a load of 0.49 N. This is the highest hardness reported to date for high entropy boride ceramics.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 4430-4435 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | Journal of the American Ceramic Society |
Volume | 107 |
Issue number | 7 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jul 2024 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Ceramics and Composites
- Materials Chemistry