SIC-WHISKER-REINFORCED AL2O3 COMPOSITES BY FREE SINTERING OF COATED POWDERS

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作者
HU, CL
RAHAMAN, MN
机构
[1] Ceramic Engineering Department, University of Missouri, Rolla, Missouri
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D O I
10.1111/j.1151-2916.1993.tb03980.x
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TQ174 [陶瓷工业]; TB3 [工程材料学];
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0805 ; 080502 ;
摘要
SiC whiskers were coated with a thick cladding of fine-grained Al2O3 powder by controlled heterogeneous precipitation in a concentrated suspension of whiskers. After calcination, the coated whiskers were compacted by cold isostatic pressing and sintered at a constant heating rate of 5-degrees-C/min in a helium atmosphere. The parameters which control the coating process and the sintering characteristics of the consolidated powders are reported. Starting with an initial matrix density of 40-45% of the theoretical, composites containing up to almost-equal-to 20 vol% whiskers (aspect ratio almost-equal-to 15) were sintered freely to nearly theoretical density below 1800-degrees-C. By comparison, a similar composite formed by mechanical mixing of the whiskers and the precipitated Al2O3 powder reached a density of only 68% of the theoretical after sintering under identical conditions. For a fixed whisker content, the sinterability of the composites formed from the coated whiskers shows a fairly strong dependence on the whisker aspect ratio.
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