High temperature thermophysical properties of spark plasma sintered tungsten carbide
International Journal of Refractory Metals and Hard Materials(2022)
Abstract
Fast Breeder Test Reactor (FBTR) is a unique Indian fast reactor and irradiation facility for materials testing. As a part of its life extension activities, high density tungsten mono carbide (α-WC) is considered as a candidate material for the lower axial neutron shielding of the grid plate. Spark plasma sintering technique is used to synthesize high density (99.5%) tungsten carbide pellets under optimized conditions without a binder phase and subjected to high temperature thermal property characterization. The dilatational strain, thermal diffusivity as well as the resonance frequency of flexural vibration is measured as a function of temperature and the corresponding values of linear thermal expansion, thermal conductivity and the dynamic Young's modulus are estimated. The measured values are analyzed in combination with quasi-harmonic Debye-Grüneisen model to obtain a comprehensive database on vibrational thermodynamic properties from 0 to 1273 K. The observed Debye temperature for tungsten carbide under ambient conditions is 630 K which gradually decreases to 586 K at 1273 K. The estimated thermal Grüneisen parameter varied in the range of 1.41–1.45.
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Key words
Tungsten carbide,Spark plasma sintering,Thermophysical properties,Dynamic elastic moduli,Quasi harmonic model
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