Abstract
To protect carbon/carbon (C/C) composites from oxidation, a new type of oxidation protective coating has been produced by a two-step pack cementation technique. XRD and SEM analysis show, the coating obtained by the first step pack cementation was a porous β-SiC structure, and a new phase of CrSi 2 was generated in the porous SiC coating after heat-treatment according to the second step pack cementation process. Oxidation test shows that, the weight loss of the SiC coated C/C is up to 11.26% after 5 h oxidation in air at 1773 K, and the weight loss of the CrSi 2 -SiC coated C/C composites is only 4.15% after oxidation in air at 1773 K for 34 h. The oxidation of C/C composites was primarily due to the reaction of C/C matrix and oxygen diffusing through the penetrable cracks in the coating.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 3475-3480 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | Applied Surface Science |
Volume | 252 |
Issue number | 10 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 15 Mar 2006 |
Keywords
- Carbon/carbon composites
- Coating
- Oxidation