State Key Laboratory of Materials Processing and Die&Mould Technology;
School of Material Science and Engineering;
Huazhong University of Science and Technology;
Wuhan 430074;
China;
State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials;
School of Materials Science and Engineering;
Xi’an Jiaotong University;
Xi’an 710049;
China;
State Key Laboratory of Environment-Friendly Energy Materials;
School of Materials Science and Engineering;
Southwest University of Science and Technology;
Mianyang 621010;
China;
reaction sintering; B_(4)C-SiC composites; mechanical properties; microstructural characterization; microstructure evolution mechanism;