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Article Regression Analysis of Material Properties and Hardness of Dense Boron Carbide(Wiley, 2025) Toksoy, M. Fatih; Toksoy, Muhammet Fatih; Haber, Richard A.; 03.10. Department of Mechanical Engineering; 03. Faculty of Engineering; 01. Izmir Institute of TechnologyMaterial properties directly affect the final performance of the produced articles. This study aims to establish a correlation between materials properties and hardness of boron carbide samples. Ten different boron carbide powders were sintered to high densities by spark plasma sintering, and material properties (grain size, density, stoichiometry, and free carbon) were analyzed. Hardness tests were conducted on these samples. All experimental procedures were completed by a single operator, and the same instruments were used for all the samples. Multiple linear regressions using the ordinary least squares method in SPSS were carried out to identify the relationship between hardness and material properties. Analyses showed density is the most dominant property, surpassing any other parameter. Grain size became more dominant at higher densities (>99%) and affected hardness results. Both grain size and density are the result of the starting powder and the densification procedure. This study showed that 80% of the hardness variation can be explained by this model.Article Citation - WoS: 9Citation - Scopus: 9Modification of Commercial Boron Carbide Powder Using Rapid Carbothermal Reduction(John Wiley and Sons Inc., 2019) Toksoy, Muhammet Fatih; Haber, Richard A.; Toksoy, Muhammet Fatih; 03.10. Department of Mechanical Engineering; 03. Faculty of Engineering; 01. Izmir Institute of TechnologyNon-uniform morphology and existence of free carbon are two main problems for commercial boron carbide powders. This work proposes a method for eliminating free carbon and changing the morphology of commercial powders using Rapid Carbothermal Reduction (RCR) process. Free carbon is eliminated from commercial boron carbide powders and morphology is evolved to less angular shapes with limited particle size growth. Commercial and modified powders were densified by Spark Plasma Sintering at 1900 degrees C with 0, 5, and 20 minutes dwell. Despite the particle size growth, modified boron carbide powders reached >99% TD with shorter dwell times compared with commercial starting powders. Improved microhardness observed with dense modified samples as a result of enhanced morphology and increased twinning.