Ablation behavior of TaB2[Formula presented] coating for carbon/carbon composites under oxyacetylene torch

Jun Ling Qu, Qian Gang Fu, Jia Ping Zhang, Peng Fei Zhang

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Abstract

To protect carbon/carbon (C/C) composites against ablation, a TaB2[Formula presented] coating was prepared on their surface by pack cementation. Ablation behavior of the coated C/C composites was investigated under oxyacetylene torch. After ablation for 30 s, the linear ablation rate of the TaB2[Formula presented] coated C/C composites was 4.2 μm/s. Compared with the SiC coated C/C composites and bare C/C composites, the linear ablation rate was reduced by 40% and 51%, respectively. During ablation, a mosaic-structured [Formula presented] glassy layer was formed, playing a positive role in preventing oxidizing species from attacking C/C substrate. Oxidation products of TaB2, existing as “pinning phases” in the coating, induced the deflection of the crack formed by the attack of oxyacetylene torch, which was beneficial to enhance the stability of TaB2[Formula presented] coating and improve the ablation resistance.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)223-230
Number of pages8
JournalVacuum
Volume131
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Sep 2016

Keywords

  • Ablation
  • Coating
  • Oxyacetylene torch
  • TaB–SiC

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