cBN COMPOSITE FORMATION METHOD INCLUDING CONSOLIDATION
First Claim
1. A method for making an alumina-cubic boron nitride (“
- Al2O3-cBN”
) composite comprising;
forming a mixture of cBN particles and nano-sized alumina particles;
consolidating the mixture;
spark plasma sintering the mixture of the cBN particles and the nano-sized alumina particles at constant pressure to form the alumina-cubic boron nitride composite;
wherein an average particle size of the nano-sized alumina particles is no more than 50 nm.
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Abstract
Conventional sintering processes convert a portion of cBN to hBN which is softer than cBN which negatively affects functional properties of an alumina composite. The invention is directed to method for making an alumina-cubic boron nitride (Al2O3-cBN) composite that contains substantially no hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) by non-conventional spark plasma sintering of cBN with nano-sized alumina particles. The invention is also directed to Al2O3-cBN/Ni composites, which contain substantially no hBN, and which exhibit superior physical and mechanical properties compared to alumina composites containing higher amounts of hBN.
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1. A method for making an alumina-cubic boron nitride (“
- Al2O3-cBN”
) composite comprising;forming a mixture of cBN particles and nano-sized alumina particles; consolidating the mixture; spark plasma sintering the mixture of the cBN particles and the nano-sized alumina particles at constant pressure to form the alumina-cubic boron nitride composite; wherein an average particle size of the nano-sized alumina particles is no more than 50 nm. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
- Al2O3-cBN”
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