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End mills are disclosed which may be made monolithically of ceramic or other materials. The cutting portions of the end mills have lengths of cut that are no more than twice their cutting diameters and cores which are at least 0.7 times their cutting diameters. Their axial blades have cutting edges with negative radial rake and are separated by helical flutes. Their cutting ends have negative axial rake and are gashed ahead of center and have radial cutting edges with negative rake. Such end mills also have radiused corners and gashes transitioning from radial to axial at a flute. Methods of milling materials using such ceramic end mills are also disclosed.
摘要:
End mills are disclosed which may be made monolithically of ceramic or other materials. The cutting portions of the end mills have lengths of cut that are no more than twice their cutting diameters and cores which are at least 0.7 times their cutting diameters. Their axial blades have cutting edges with negative radial rake and are separated by helical flutes. Their cutting ends have negative axial rake and are gashed ahead of center and have radial cutting edges with negative rake. Such end mills also have radiused corners and gashes transitioning from radial to axial at a flute. Methods of milling materials using such ceramic end mills are also disclosed.
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Additions of substitutional transition metal elements are made to improve the densifiability of titanium diboride while eliminating or minimizing the presence of deleterious grain boundary phases in the resultant bulk titanium diboride articles.
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Additions of substitutional transition metal elements are made to improve the densifiability of titanium diboride while eliminating or minimizing the presence of deleterious grain boundary phases in the resultant bulk titanium diboride articles.
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A ceramic body that includes between about 15 volume percent and about 35 volume percent of a boron carbide irregular-shaped phase, and at least about 50 volume percent alumina, and the ceramic body has a fracture toughness (KIC, 18.5 Kg Load E&C) greater than or equal to about 4.5 MPa·m0.5.
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A ceramic body, as well as a method for making the same, wherein the ceramic body contains aluminum oxynitride and whiskers, (and optionally) one or more of titanium carbonitride, and/or alumina, and/or zirconia, and/or other component(s).
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The flexural strength and stress rupture life of isostatically hot pressed silicon nitride containing between 1 and 12 weight percent of rare earth oxide and not more than 0.5 weight percent alumina is substantially increased by treating green bodies in flowing nitrogen at a temperature between 1000.degree. and 1500.degree. C. before degassing for the isostatic hot pressing. The iron content of the bodies is also reduced by this heat treatment, and this is believed to eliminate sources of fracture failure. Silicon nitride bodies with a flexural strength in excess of 525 MPa at 1370.degree. C. and with stress rupture lives reliably in excess of 200 hours at 300 MPa stress at 1370.degree. C. can be prepared in this way. The strain rates of silicon nitride under high temperature stress can also be reduced.
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A SiAlON armor ceramic made from a starting powder mixture including silicon nitride powder. The armor ceramic includes a ceramic body that has between about 64 weight percent and about 90 weight percent alpha SiAlON phase that contains an alpha SiAlON-bound rare earth element. The ceramic body also has between about 5 weight percent and about 35 weight percent of a beta SiAlON phase of the formula Si6−zAlzOzN8−z wherein the value of “z” ranges between about 0.10 and about 0.35. The alpha SiAlON-bound rare earth element in the alpha SiAlON phase is present as a result of the starting powder mixture that contains between about 1 weight percent and about 7 weight percent of an oxide of the alpha SiAlON-bound rare earth element. The ceramic body has a fracture toughness (KIC) greater than about 6.00 MPa·m1/2 and a Vickers hardness (HVN) equal to greater than about 19.3 GPa.
摘要翻译:由起始粉末混合物制成的SiAlON铠装陶瓷,包括氮化硅粉末。 铠装陶瓷包括陶瓷体,其具有约64重量%至约90重量%的含有与SiAlON结合的稀土元素的αAlON相。 陶瓷体还具有约5重量%至约35重量%的式Si 6-z Al z O z N 8-z的βSiAlON相,其中“z”的值在约0.10和约0.35之间。 由于起始粉末混合物含有约1重量%至约7重量%的α-SiAlON结合的稀土元素的氧化物,所以存在αSiAlON相中的αSiAlON结合的稀土元素。 陶瓷体的断裂韧性(KIC)大于约6.00MPa·m1 / 2,维氏硬度(HVN)等于大于约19.3GPa。
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A SiAlON material that includes a two phase composite of an alpha prime SiAlON phase and a beta prime SiAlON phase. The alpha prime phase contains ytterbium. The alpha prime SiAlON phase being present in an amount between about 25 weight percent and about 85 weight percent of the two phase composite. The SiAlON material further includes an intergranular phase.