Oxidation behavior of boron-containing (Zr,Ti)CxBy solid solution ceramics at 1600 °C in air

Huilin Lun; Yi Zeng; Xiang Xiong; Houbu Li

doi:10.26599/JAC.2023.9220802

Journal of Advanced Ceramics 2023, 12(10): 1989-2002 https://doi.org/10.26599/JAC.2023.9220802

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Oxidation behavior of boron-containing (Zr,Ti)C_xB_y solid solution ceramics at 1600 °C in air

Show Author's Information Hide Author's Information Huilin Lun^{^a^,^b^,^c}(

), Yi Zeng^{^b}(

), Xiang Xiong^{^b}, Houbu Li^{^a^,^c}

aState Key Laboratory of Performance and Structural Safety for Petroleum Tubular Goods and Equipment Materials, CNPC Tubular Goods Research Institute, Xi’an 710077, China

bState Key Laboratory of Powder Metallurgy, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China

cKey Laboratory of Petroleum Tubular Goods and Equipment Ouality Safety for State Market Regulation, CNPC Tubular Goods Research Institute, Xi’an 710077, China

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oxidation behavior, oxidation resistance, ultra-high-temperature ceramics (UHTCs), (Zr,Ti)C_xB_y solid solution

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Lun H, Zeng Y, Xiong X, et al. Oxidation behavior of boron-containing (Zr,Ti)C_xB_y solid solution ceramics at 1600 °C in air. Journal of Advanced Ceramics, 2023, 12(10): 1989-2002. https://doi.org/10.26599/JAC.2023.9220802

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Multicomponent boron-containing carbide coatings (i.e., (Zr,Ti)C_xB_y) on a C/C composite show good ablation resistance. However, the high-temperature oxidation behavior of this new type of boron-containing (Zr,Ti)C_xB_y solid solution ceramics has not been clarified yet. The present work fabricated (Zr,Ti)C_xB_y solid solution block ceramics by spark plasma sintering, and their oxidation behavior at 1600 ℃ in air (N₂–20-vol% O₂) was investigated for the first time. The effects of boron on the oxidation resistance of (Zr,Ti)C_xB_y ceramics were examined. The results indicate that the (Zr,Ti)C_xB_y ceramics display good oxidation resistance with the parabolic rate law describing the oxidation process. After the trace solution of boron (0.5 wt%) into (Zr,Ti)C_x, the oxidation resistance of carbide ceramics is significantly enhanced, leading to a decrease of 30% in the oxidation rate constant. The formed oxide scale in the (Zr,Ti)C_xB_y ceramics is dense, and the interlayer shows stronger ability to inhibit inward diffusion of oxygen. In addition, the introduction of boron leads to more negative binding energy of (Zr,Ti)C_xB_y and improves the oxidation resistance of carbides.

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Oxidation behavior of boron-containing (Zr,Ti)C_xB_y solid solution ceramics at 1600 °C in air

Show Author's information Hide Author's Information Huilin Lun^{^a^,^b^,^c}(

), Yi Zeng^{^b}(

), Xiang Xiong^{^b}, Houbu Li^{^a^,^c}

aState Key Laboratory of Performance and Structural Safety for Petroleum Tubular Goods and Equipment Materials, CNPC Tubular Goods Research Institute, Xi’an 710077, China

bState Key Laboratory of Powder Metallurgy, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China

cKey Laboratory of Petroleum Tubular Goods and Equipment Ouality Safety for State Market Regulation, CNPC Tubular Goods Research Institute, Xi’an 710077, China

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Keywords: oxidation behavior, oxidation resistance, ultra-high-temperature ceramics (UHTCs), (Zr,Ti)C_xB_y solid solution

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Received: 08 July 2023

Revised: 21 August 2023

Accepted: 02 September 2023

Published: 25 October 2023

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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 5207021797) and the Scientific Research and Technology Development Project of China National Petroleum Corporation Limited (No. 2020E-2804(JT)). The authors would like to thank Qing Wang (Dalian University of Technology) for the assistance in first-principles calculations.

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