COMPOSITE MATERIALS BASED ON TITANIUM DIBORIDE AND THEIR PRODUCTION

摘要

Composite materials are provided based on titanium diboride and processes for their preparation. The composite materials contain (1) 70 to 98% by volume of titanium diboride, (2) 1 to 15% by volume of Fe2B and (3) 1 to 15% by volume of Ti2O3 and have the following properties: density at least 93% of the theoretically possible density of the total composite material, hardness (HV10) greater than 1,900, bending fracture strength (measured by the three-point method at room temperature) at least 400 MPa and fracture resistance KIC (measured with a sharp incipient crack produced by the bridge method) of at least 4.5 MPa 2ROOT m.