BORON CARBIDE COMPOSITE BODIES, AND METHODS FOR MAKING SAME

    公开(公告)号:WO2005079207A3

    公开(公告)日:2005-09-01

    申请号:PCT/US2004/039319

    申请日:2004-11-23

    IPC分类号: C04B35/563

    摘要: A boron carbide composite body produced by an infiltration process that possesses high mechanical strength, high hardness and high stiffness has applications in such diverse industries as precision equipment and ballistic armor. In one embodiment, the composite material features a boron carbide filler or reinforcement phase, and a silicon carbide matrix produced by the reactive infiltration of an infiltrant having a silicon component with a porous mass having a reactable carbonaceous component. In an alternate embodiment, the infiltration can be caused to occur in the absence of the reactable carbonaceous component, e.g., to produce "siliconized boron carbide". Potential deleterious reaction of the boron carbide with silicon during infiltration is suppressed by alloying or dissolving a source of boron, or a source of carbon, or preferably both boron and carbon into the silicon prior to contact of the silicon infiltrant with the boron carbide. In a preferred embodiment of the invention related specifically to armor, good ballistic performance can be advanced by loading the porous mass or preform to be infiltrated to a high degree with one or more hard fillers such as boron carbide, and by limiting the size of the morphological features, particularly the ceramic phases, making up the composite body. The instant reaction-bonded boron carbide (RBBC) composite bodies are at least comparable in ballistic performance to current boron carbide armor ceramics but feature lower cost and higher volume manufacturing methods, e.g., infiltration techniques.

    BORON CARBIDE COMPOSITE BODIES, AND METHODS FOR MAKING SAME
    2.
    发明申请
    BORON CARBIDE COMPOSITE BODIES, AND METHODS FOR MAKING SAME 审中-公开
    硼碳复合体及其制造方法

    公开(公告)号:WO2005079207A2

    公开(公告)日:2005-09-01

    申请号:PCT/US2004039319

    申请日:2004-11-23

    摘要: A boron carbide composite body produced by an infiltration process that possesses high mechanical strength, high hardness and high stiffness has applications in such diverse industries as precision equipment and ballistic armor. In one embodiment, the composite material features a boron carbide filler or reinforcement phase, and a silicon carbide matrix produced by the reactive infiltration of an infiltrant having a silicon component with a porous mass having a reactable carbonaceous component. In an alternate embodiment, the infiltration can be caused to occur in the absence of the reactable carbonaceous component, e.g., to produce "siliconized boron carbide". Potential deleterious reaction of the boron carbide with silicon during infiltration is suppressed by alloying or dissolving a source of boron, or a source of carbon, or preferably both boron and carbon into the silicon prior to contact of the silicon infiltrant with the boron carbide. In a preferred embodiment of the invention related specifically to armor, good ballistic performance can be advanced by loading the porous mass or preform to be infiltrated to a high degree with one or more hard fillers such as boron carbide, and by limiting the size of the morphological features, particularly the ceramic phases, making up the composite body. The instant reaction-bonded boron carbide (RBBC) composite bodies are at least comparable in ballistic performance to current boron carbide armor ceramics but feature lower cost and higher volume manufacturing methods, e.g., infiltration techniques.

    摘要翻译: 通过具有高机械强度,高硬度和高刚度的渗透方法生产的碳化硼复合体在精密设备和防弹装备等多个行业中都有应用。 在一个实施方案中,复合材料具有碳化硼填料或增强相,并且通过具有硅组分的渗透剂的反应性浸渗与具有可反应的碳质组分的多孔质量产生的碳化硅基体。 在替代实施方案中,可以在不存在可反应的碳质组分的情况下引起渗透,例如产生“硅化碳化硼”。 渗碳过程中碳化硼与硅的潜在的有害反应可以通过在硅渗透剂与碳化硼接触之前合金化或溶解硼源或碳源,或优选硼和碳两者而进入硅中来抑制。 在本发明的一个优选实施方案中,具体涉及铠装,通过将一种或多种硬质填料例如碳化硼加载到高度渗透的多孔质量体或预型体,可以提高良好的弹道性能,并且通过限制 形态特征,特别是陶瓷相,组成复合体。 即时反应结合的碳化硼(RBBC)复合体在弹道性能方面至少与目前的碳化硼铠装陶瓷相当,但具有较低成本和较高体积的制造方法,例如渗透技术。

    BORON CARBIDE COMPOSITE BODIES, AND METHODS FOR MAKING SAME
    3.
    发明申请
    BORON CARBIDE COMPOSITE BODIES, AND METHODS FOR MAKING SAME 审中-公开
    硼碳化物复合材料体及其制备方法

    公开(公告)号:WO2005079207A9

    公开(公告)日:2005-09-29

    申请号:PCT/US2004039319

    申请日:2004-11-23

    摘要: A boron carbide composite body produced by an infiltration process that possesses high mechanical strength, high hardness and high stiffness has applications in such diverse industries as precision equipment and ballistic armor. In one embodiment, the composite material features a boron carbide filler or reinforcement phase, and a silicon carbide matrix produced by the reactive infiltration of an infiltrant having a silicon component with a porous mass having a reactable carbonaceous component. In an alternate embodiment, the infiltration can be caused to occur in the absence of the reactable carbonaceous component, e.g., to produce "siliconized boron carbide". Potential deleterious reaction of the boron carbide with silicon during infiltration is suppressed by alloying or dissolving a source of boron, or a source of carbon, or preferably both boron and carbon into the silicon prior to contact of the silicon infiltrant with the boron carbide. In a preferred embodiment of the invention related specifically to armor, good ballistic performance can be advanced by loading the porous mass or preform to be infiltrated to a high degree with one or more hard fillers such as boron carbide, and by limiting the size of the morphological features, particularly the ceramic phases, making up the composite body. The instant reaction-bonded boron carbide (RBBC) composite bodies are at least comparable in ballistic performance to current boron carbide armor ceramics but feature lower cost and higher volume manufacturing methods, e.g., infiltration techniques.

    摘要翻译: 通过渗透工艺生产的具有高机械强度,高硬度和高刚度的碳化硼复合体已应用于精密设备和防弹装甲等多种行业。 在一个实施方案中,复合材料的特征在于碳化硼填料或增强相,以及通过将具有硅组分的浸渗剂与具有可反应碳质组分的多孔物质反应渗透而生产的碳化硅基质。 在一个替代实施方案中,可以在不存在可反应的含碳组分的情况下发生渗透,例如以产生“硅化碳化硼”。 渗透过程中碳化硼与硅的潜在有害反应通过在硅渗入剂与碳化硼接触之前将硼源或碳源或优选硼和碳两者合金化或溶解到硅中来抑制。 在具体涉及装甲的本发明的优选实施方案中,可以通过将多孔物质或预成型物装载到具有一种或多种硬质填料例如碳化硼的高度渗透物中来提高良好的防弹性能,并且通过限制 形态特征,特别是陶瓷相,组成复合体。 本发明的反应粘合碳化硼(RBBC)复合体至少在弹道性能上与目前的碳化硼铠装陶瓷相当,但具有较低的成本和较高的体积制造方法,例如渗透技术。

    REACTION-BONDED SILICON CARBIDE COMPOSITE BODIES AND METHODS FOR MAKING SAME

    公开(公告)号:WO2002068373A3

    公开(公告)日:2002-09-06

    申请号:PCT/US2001/043574

    申请日:2001-11-20

    IPC分类号: C04B35/563

    摘要: A composite body produced by a reactive infiltration process that possesses high mechanical strength, high hardness and high stiffness has applications in such diverse industries as precision equipment and ballistic armor. Specifically, the composite material features a boron carbide filler or reinforcement phase, and a silicon component with a porous mass having a carbonaceous component. Potential deleterious reaction of the boron carbide with silicon during infiltration is suppressed by alloying or dissolving boron into the silicon prior to contact of the silicon infiltrant with the boron carbide. In a preferred embodiment of the invention related specifically to armor, good ballistic performance can be advanced by loading the porous mass or preform to be infiltrated to a high degree with one or more hard fillers such as boron carbide, and by limiting the size of the largest particles making up the mass. The instant reaction-bonded silicon carbide (RBSC) composite bodies surpass previous RBSC's as armor materials, and in this capacity approach the ballistic performance of current carbide armor ceramics but with potentially lower cost manufacturing methods, e.g., infiltration techniques.