Combined Effects of Boron Carbide, Silicon, and MWCNTs in Alumina-Carbon Refractories on Their Microstructural Evolution
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Authors
Organisational units
External Organisational units
- Design & Research Institute of Wuhan Iron & Steel Group
- The State Key Laboratory of Refractories and Metallurgy
Abstract
The phase and microstructure evolutions of multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) in B4C- and Si-containing Al2O3–C specimens under elevated temperatures were investigated by means of X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, and transmission electron microscopy. The results show that the incorporation of B4C decreases the partial pressure of SiO(g) in Al2O3–C specimens due to the oxidation of B4C prior to Si at lower temperature, which prevents the transformation of MWCNTs at 1000°C and suspends the transformation under higher temperature. B2O3 vapor resulting from oxidation of B4C powder reacts with C sources to generate nanoscaled B4C droplets, which facilitate the catalytic formation of new MWCNTs and nano onion-like carbon. In addition, B-doped MWCNTs and BN tubes with the coexistence of B2O3, MWCNTs, and N2 are obtained under evaluated temperatures.
Details
Original language | English |
---|---|
Pages (from-to) | 443-450 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | Journal of the American Ceramic Society |
Volume | 100.2017 |
Issue number | 1 |
Early online date | 6 Oct 2016 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2017 |