Structure evolution of cubic boron nitride under spark plasma sintering

摘要

Cubic boron nitride(CBN) micro powders and mixture of CBN micro powders with Al or Ti powders were fast heated at 1 300, 1 400, 1 450, 1 500 ℃, and then kept for 5 min under spark plasma sintering (SP3). The obtained powders were analyzed with XRD. The results show that, simple CBN kept cubic structure after heated at 1 300 ℃ ;when the temperature rose to 1 400 ℃, some CBN was transformed into hexagonal structured boron nitride(hBN). As for CBN micro powders mixed with aluminum or titanium micro powders, the onset transforming temperature of CBN to hBN get raised. This results indicated that the structural transformation of boron nitride begun from the surface of CBN crystal particle, different coexist elements affect the surface situation of CBN particles. As the stabilities of CBN crystal particle surface improved, the onset structural transform temperature of CBN was also increased.