The present communication reports the effect of
MoSi2 addition on high temperature thermal conductivity and room temperature (RT) electrical properties of
TiB2. The thermal diffusivity and the thermal conductivity of the hot pressed
TiB2-MoSi2 samples were measured over a range from room temperature to
1000 °C using the laser-flash technique, while electrical resistivity was measured at RT using a four linear probe method. The reciprocal of thermal diffusivity of
TiB2 samples exhibit linear dependence on temperature and the measured thermal conductivity of
TiB2-2.5% MoSi2 composites correlate well with the theoretical predictions from Hashin's model and Hasselman and Johnson's model. A common observation is that the thermal conductivity of all the samples slightly increases with temperature (up to 200
°C) and then decreases with further increasing temperature. It is interesting to note that both the thermal conductivity and electrical conductivity of
TiB2 samples enhanced with the addition of 2.5 wt.%
MoSi2 sinter additive. Among all the samples, TiB2-2.5 wt.%
MoSi2 ceramics measured with high thermal conductivity (77 W/mK) and low electrical resistivity (12
µWcm) at room temperature. Such an improvement in properties can be attributed to its high density and low volume fraction of porosity. On the other hand, both the thermal and electrical properties of
TiB2 Were adversely affected with further increasing the amount Of
MoSi2 (10 wt-%). |