ZrC and ZrB2 are both typical ultra-high temperature ceramics,which can be used in the hyperthermal environment.In this study,a method for preparing ultrafine ZrC-ZrB2 composite powder was provided,by using the raw materials of nano ZrO2,carbon black,B4C,and metallic Ca.It is worth pointing out that ZrC-ZrB2 composite powder with any proportion of ZrC to ZrB2 could be synthesized by this method.Firstly,a mixture of ZrC and C was prepared by carbothermal reduction of ZrO2.By adjusting the addition amount of B4C,ZrC was boronized by B4C to generate ZrC-ZrB2 composite powder with different compositions.Using this method,five composite powders with different molar ratios of ZrC and ZrB2(100ZrC,75ZrC-25ZrB2,50ZrC-50ZrB2,25ZrC-75ZrB2,and 100ZrB2)were prepared.When the temperature of boronization and decarburization process was 1473 K,the particle size of product was only tens of nanometres.Finally,the oxidation charac-teristics of different composite powders were investigated through oxidation experiments.The oxidation resistance of ZrC-ZrB2 composite powder continued to increase as the content of ZrB2 increased.
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