Doctoral Dissertations
Keywords and Phrases
Boride; Ceramics; Thermal properties; Thermodynamics
Abstract
"This research focusses on the thermophysical properties of nominally phase pure boride ceramics. As interest in ultra high temperature ceramics increases due to a renewed interest in hypersonic flight vehicles and with the expanding materials design space accompanying interest in high entropy materials, it is imperative to understand the intrinsic properties of boride ceramics. By reducing Hf content in ZrB2 from the natural abundance, ~1.75 at% in this case, to ~100 ppm, thermal conductivity increased from 88 W/m·K to 141 W/m·K. Removal of Hf allowed the thermal conductivity of ZrB2 with small transition metal solute additions to be measured without being masked by Hf impurity effects. Additions of Ti and Y reduced thermal conductivity by 20% and 30% respectively. The melting temperatures of two different types of ZrB2 were also studied. A commercially available grade of ZrB2 (~ 1.75 at% Hf) had a melting temperature of 3280°C while a low Hf (100 ppm) ZrB2 had a melting temperature of 3273°C. The kinetics of the final stage of densification was also studied for nominally phase pure ZrB2. Dislocation motion with an activation energy of 162 kJ/mol was determined to be the dominant mechanism in the absence of competing mechanisms such as grain pinning or solute drag caused by secondary phases and impurity soute atoms. The effect of configurational entropy on the solubility of yttrium in high entropy borides was investigated. No significant difference in yttrium solubility was found between nominally pure ZrB2 and a four component high entropy boride (Ti,Zr,Nb,Hf)B2. Mitigation of impurity atoms and secondary phases minimized extrinsic effect and elucidated intrinsic properties of boride ceramics"--Abstract, page iv.
Advisor(s)
Fahrenholtz, William
Committee Member(s)
Hilmas, Greg
Huebner, Wayne
Lipke, David W.
Hor, Yew San
Department(s)
Materials Science and Engineering
Degree Name
Ph. D. in Materials Science and Engineering
Publisher
Missouri University of Science and Technology
Publication Date
Spring 2021
Journal article titles appearing in thesis/dissertation
- Effects of Ti, Y and Hf additions on the thermal properties of ZrB₂
- Measurement of the melting temperature of ZrB₂ as determined by laser heating and spectrometric analysis
- Final stage densification kinetics of direct current sintered ZrB₂
- Yttrium solubility in high entropy boride ceramics
Pagination
xii, 121 pages
Note about bibliography
Includes bibliographic references.
Rights
© 2021 Austin David Stanfield, All rights reserved.
Document Type
Dissertation - Open Access
File Type
text
Language
English
Thesis Number
T 11855
Electronic OCLC #
1262049611
Recommended Citation
Stanfield, Austin D., "Thermophysical properties of nominally phase pure boride ceramics" (2021). Doctoral Dissertations. 2986.
https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/doctoral_dissertations/2986
Comments
This research was funded by the Office of Naval Research (N00014-16-1-2303) and the National Science Foundation (CMMI-1902069).