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AssigneeBattelle Energy Alliance, LLC
InventorsThomas M. Lillo, Henry S. Chu, William Harrison, Derek Bailey
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Methods of forming composite materials include coating particles of titanium dioxide with a substance including boron (e.g., boron carbide) and a substance including carbon, and reacting the titanium dioxide with the substance including boron and the substance including carbon to form titanium diboride. The methods may be used to form ceramic composite bodies and materials, such as, for example, a ceramic composite body or material including silicon carbide and titanium diboride. Such bodies and materials may be used as armor bodies and armor materials. Such methods may include forming a green body and sintering the green body to a desirable final density. Green bodies formed in accordance with such methods may include particles comprising titanium dioxide and a coating at least partially covering exterior surfaces thereof, the coating comprising a substance including boron (e.g., boron carbide) and a substance including carbon.
A method of forming a composite material, comprising:
A method of forming a body comprising a discontinuous titanium diboride (TiB2) phase dispersed throughout a silicon carbide (SiC) phase, the method comprising:
A method of forming an armor component, the method comprising:
A green body comprising:
A green armor component comprising:
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