Abstract
Transmission electron microscopy has been used to investigate the microstructure of hot-pressed $TiB_{2}$. Thin foil specimens, prepared by conventional ion beam thinning, revealed many features which originated from the crystallographic anisotropy of hexagonal $TiB_{2}$. It was observed that in these specimens Fe-impurities are precipitated to form secondary Fe-rich phases at grain triple edges, in grain boundaries and sometimes in-grain. These Fe-rich precipitates were characterised by their coherence or semi-coherence to a favourably oriented grain at a grain triple edge or grain boundaries or to the matrix $TiB_{2}$ phase.
투과전자현미경을 이용하여 고온가압소결된 $TiB_{2}$의 미세구조를 분석하였다. Ionbeam thinning에 의해서 준비된 박편시편은 육방정계 $TiB_{2}$의 결정학적 이방성에 기인한 특징을 보여주었다. 이들 시편에서 철분 불순물은 결정입 3중점, 결정입계 그리고 결정내에 2차상을 형성하는 것으로 확인되었고, 결정입 3중점이나 결정입계 혹은 matrix에서 유리하게 배향된 결정입에 coherence or semi-coherence한 특징을 나타내었다.