Spark plasma sintering of boron carbide composite for defense application

• Main Author: Png, Wee Chun
• Other Authors: Alfred Tok Iing Yoong
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Materials::Defence materials
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/55792
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Boron carbide is a very attractive material for use in armour applications because of the high hardness and the relatively low density it possesses. However, the difficulties in consolidating the material present a huge hurdle to overcome. Using conventional consolidation techniques, high sintering...