High-temperature phase composition, crystal stabilisation, and interfacial diffusion of (NbC-ZrC)/SiC double-layer coated C/C composites enduring the oxyacetylene flame

Ruixiang He, Kezhi Li, Qian Liu

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Abstract

Among NbC-ZrC coatings, an NbC coating modified with 30 mol.% ZrC achieves the best ablation-resistant property. It generates a liquid 10 μm-thick oxide film mainly composed of NbO and highly thermal-stable NbxZr1-xO2 phases. Furthermore, Nb4+ with a smaller ionic radius replaces Zr4+ and the transformation of NbO into Nb2O5 in air produces compressive stress stabilize the t-ZrO2 crystals. Significantly, a 1−2 μm-thick Nb-rich layer formed by reaction-diffusion between SiC and niobium suboxide (NbO2 and NbO) acts as a barrier to infiltrating oxygen, which provides interfacial anti-oxidation protection for the SiC transition layer during the oxyacetylene test.

Original languageEnglish
Article number109541
JournalCorrosion Science
Volume188
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Aug 2021

Keywords

  • Ablation resistance
  • Carbon/carbon composites
  • Crystal stabilisation
  • High-temperature phase
  • Interfacial diffusion
  • NbC-ZrC coating

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