High-energy methods of creating a mesocomposite material with inclusions containing nanocrystalline particles

A thermally stable high-strength mesocomposite containing nano-sized particles of titanium diboride (TiB$_2$) is obtained by combining methods of self-propagating high-temperature synthesis and quasi-dynamic high-velocity pressing. The use of self-propagating high-temperature synthesis ensured obtaining a hardening component of the mesocomposite – nanocomposite with a TiB$_2$ particle size of $\approx$ 100 nm. The quasidynamic method of obtaining a material characterized by high deformations determines self-organization of the mesocomposite microstructure with an unchanged size of the hardening TiB$_2$ particles in the inclusion structure. Mechanical properties of the mesocomposite are substantially better than the properties of the composite matrix.