Research Article
Analyzing the Cooling Rate and Its Effect on Distribution of Pattern and Size of the Titanium Diboride Particles Formed
Table 2
TiB2% particle size for holding time.
| Position | Temperature (°C) | Particle size for holding time (µm) | 10 minutes | 20 minutes | 30 minutes |
| 1 | 750 | 1–1.5 | 1–1.5 | 2–2.5 | 780 | 1–1.5 | 1.5–2 | 2–2.5 | 810 | 1.5–2 | 2–2.5 | 2.5–3 |
| 4 | 750 | 1–1.5 | 1.5–2 | 2.5–3 | L–5, D–1 | 780 | 1–1.5 | 1–1.5 | 2–3 | 810 | 1–1.5 | 1–1.5 | 2–2.5 | L–12, D–1 |
| 7 | 750 | 1–1.5 | 1.5–2 | 2.5–3 | 780 | 1.5–2 | 2–2.5 | 2–2.5 | 810 | 1–1.5 | 1–1.5 | 2–2.5 | L–8, D–1.5 |
| 19 | 750 | 1–1.5 | 1–1.5 | 1.5–2 | 780 | 1–1.5 | 1.5–2 | 2–2.5 | 810 | 1–1.5 | 1–1.5 | 2–2.5 |
| 21 | 750 | 1–1.5 | 1.5–2 | 2–2.5 | 780 | 1–1.5 | 1–1.5 | 1.5–2 | 810 | 1–1.5 | 1–1.5 | 2–2.5 | L–10, D–1.5 |
| 23 | 750 | 1.5–2 | 2–2.5 | 2–2.5 | 780 | 1–1.5 | 1.5–2 | 2–2.5 | 810 | 1–1.5 | 1–1.5 | 2–2.5 | L–5, D–1 |
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L = length of needle-shaped TiB2 particles. D = diameter of needle-shaped TiB2 particles.
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