Abstract

The mechanical properties for zirconium diboride (ZrB2) were measured at two laboratories and compared. Two billets of ZrB2 were prepared by hot-pressing commercial powder. The relative densities of the billets were >99% and with an average grain size of 5.9 ± 4.5 µm. Both laboratories prepared American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) C1161 B-bars for strength and ASTM C1421 bars with notch configuration A for fracture toughness. Specimens were machined by diamond grinding at the Army Research Laboratory (ARL) and electrical discharge machining (EDM) at Missouri S&T. Strength bars tested at Missouri S&T were polished to a.25 μm finish while the bars were tested as-ground at ARL. Strengths were 473 ± 79 MPa for the Missouri S&T bars and 438 ± 68 for the ARL bars while the fracture toughness values were 3.9 ±.7 MPa•m1/2 for the Missouri S&T bars and 4.4 ±.6 MPa•m1/2 for the ARL bars. Vickers hardness was measured by both laboratories over a range of indentation loads. The resulting hardness values were on the low end of previously reported values and were quite different from each other especially at indentation loads ≤20N. The study demonstrated that the properties of materials tested to ASTM standards at different laboratories can be compared directly. In addition, strength and fracture toughness were nearly identical for bars prepared by conventional diamond grinding or EDM.

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Materials Science and Engineering

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fracture mechanics/toughness; hardness; mechanical properties; strength

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1744-7402; 1546-542X

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Article - Journal

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English

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Publication Date

01 Jan 2023

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