Spark plasma sintering of boron carbide composite for defence application

• Main Author: Tit, Jie En
• Other Authors: Alfred Tok Iing Yoong
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Materials::Ceramic materials; DRNTU::Engineering::Materials::Defence materials; DRNTU::Engineering::Materials::Composite materials
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/62541
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Boron Carbide has been a popular research topic in defence science. Besides possessing excellent mechanical properties such as high hardness, low density, high melting point, it also possesses excellent chemical stability. However, it possesses two key issues when used as a defence material: its rel...