SURFACE OXIDATION AND ITS EFFECT ON THE OBSERVED ELASTIC-MODULUS OF SIC WHISKER/AL2O3 COMPOSITES

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CHIU, CC [1 ]
CASE, ED [1 ]
CHIU, CCS [1 ]
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[1] SUNY BINGHAMTON,DEPT CHEM,BINGHAMTON,NY 13901
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10.1177/002199839402800101
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This article presents an analysis of the 27 wt. % SiC whisker/Al2O3 composites exposed to air for periods up to 180 hours at 1100 degrees C to 1450 degrees C. Experimental results indicate that SiC whisker reacts with oxygen and alumina to produce a mullite-rich surface layer on tested composite specimens. The surface oxidation reaction degrades the observed elastic moduli of specimens. A theoretical analysis based on the Bernoulli-Euler beam equation shows that the surface layer has lower elastic modulus than the unreacted core.
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