Simple hot pressing and vacuum pre-treatment at 1600° C followed by hot pressing were
used for obtaining dense composites of ZrB 2–15 vol% SiC–5 vol% Mo 2 C. The room …

Abstract ZrB 2-15 vol% MoSi 2 ceramics were hot pressed in CO/CO 2 atmosphere in the
1700–1900 o С temperature range. During hot pressing, MoSi 2 decomposes into Mo and Si …

Super-hard materials have been extensively investigated due to their practical importance in
numerous industrial applications. To stimulate the design and exploration of new super-hard …

An analysis of indentation hardness data from three ceramic materials, zirconium diboride,
silicon carbide, and titanium nitride, is presented to extract the fundamental deformation …

This chapter discusses the variation of elastic properties and deformation mechanisms with
temperature for the transition metal carbides, nitrides and diborides. These materials are …

In this work, nanoindentation was used to determine the strain-rate and temperature
dependence of the hardness of a ZrB2 composite to derive constitutive relations for plasticity …

There are not that many materials that can be considered for applications where very high
temperatures (> 2273 K) are expected. Zirconium diboride (ZrB2) is one of a group of …

Amorphous carbon coatings are more and more used in combustion engines. In the valve
train these coatings are applied in order to fulfill legislative guidelines concerning energy …