Fabrication and optimization of 3D-Cf/HfC-SiC-based composites via sol-gel processing and reactive melt infiltration |
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| Authors: | Youlin Jiang Dewei Ni Bowen Chen Jun Lu Feiyan Cai Xuegang Zou Chunjing Liao Hongda Wang Shaoming Dong |
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| Affiliation: | 1. State Key Laboratory of High Performance Ceramics and Super?ne Microstructure, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200050, China;2. Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China;3. Structural Ceramics and Composites Engineering Research Center, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200050, China;4. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China |
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| Abstract: | In this work, 3D-Cf/HfC-SiC-based composites were fabricated and optimized via reactive melt infiltration (RMI) of Si into porous Cf/HfC-C preforms prepared by a sol-gel processing. The physical and chemical processes involved during the fabrication were identified and analyzed in details. It is revealed that fibers and interphase of the composites can be eroded during carbothermal reduction process, which can be further aggravated during RMI, with the formation of Hf-containing substance on the fibers surface. The fibers and interphase degradation is mainly induced by the reactions between HfO2 and C/SiC interphase layers at elevated temperatures. Accordingly, a two-step carbothermal reduction treatment was proposed for the optimization of the fabrication procedure. As a result, less fiber/interphase erosion and improved mechanical properties are achieved in the composites, with the bending strength increased by ～49 % (from 214.1 ± 15.7 MPa to 319.0 ± 26.0 MPa). |
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| Keywords: | Ceramic-matrix composites Ultra-high temperature ceramics HfC Reactive melt infiltration Interphase |
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