Reactive Spark Plasma Sintering: Successes and Challenges of Nanomaterial Synthesis

Figure 11

Fracture surface of the TiB₂-B₄C composite showing an agglomerate of TiB₂ with a pore in the center, reactant mixture milled for 4 h, SPS-ed at 1600 (a); a nearly fully dense TiB₂-B₄C, reactant mixture milled for 16 h, SPS-ed at 1700 (b) (reprinted from [48], Copyright (2009), with permission from Elsevier).

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