Titanium matrix composites reinforced with biogenic filler

Izabela Zglobicka; Rafal Zybala; Kamil Kaszyca; Rafal Molak; Monika Wieczorek; Katarzyna Recko; Barbara Fiedoruk; Krzysztof J Kurzydlowski

doi:10.1038/s41598-022-12855-5

Titanium matrix composites reinforced with biogenic filler

Sci Rep. 2022 May 24;12(1):8700. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-12855-5.

Authors

Izabela Zglobicka¹, Rafal Zybala^{2

3}, Kamil Kaszyca², Rafal Molak³, Monika Wieczorek³, Katarzyna Recko⁴, Barbara Fiedoruk⁵, Krzysztof J Kurzydlowski⁵

Affiliations

¹ Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Bialystok University of Technology, Wiejska 45C, 15-351, Bialystok, Poland. i.zglobicka@pb.edu.pl.
² Lukasiewicz Research Network-Institute of Microelectronics and Photonics, Al. Lotnikow 32/46, Warsaw, Poland.
³ Faculty of Materials Science and Engineering, Warsaw University of Technology, Woloska 141, 02-507, Warsaw, Poland.
⁴ Faculty of Physics, University of Bialystok, K. Ciolkowskiego 1L, 15-245, Bialystok, Poland.
⁵ Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Bialystok University of Technology, Wiejska 45C, 15-351, Bialystok, Poland.

Abstract

Novel metal matrix composites (MMCs) have been fabricated with Ti6Al4V matrix and a biogenic ceramic filler in the form of diatomaceous earth (DE). Mixtures of DE and Ti6Al4V powders were consolidated by the spark plasma sintering (SPS) method. Microstructure of the consolidated samples has been investigated with microscopic techniques and XRD. Thermomechanical characteristics have been obtained using small-sample techniques. The results obtained indicate that the fabricated composites show outstanding mechanical and thermal properties due to synergic effects between the filler and the matrix (beyond the rule of mixtures).

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Ceramics* / chemistry
Materials Testing
Titanium* / chemistry

Substances

Titanium