Modified SiC-MoSi 2 oxidation protective coating for SiC-coated carbon/carbon composites through infiltrating liquid Si

Zheng Zhong Zhang, He Jun Li, Chao Ma, Qian Gang Fu, Yu Lei Zhang, Heng Wu, Jun Tao

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Abstract

To improve the oxidation resistance of the SiC-MoSi 2 coating prepared by two-step pack cementation, a liquid Si infiltrating method was adopted to modify it. The phase composition and microstructure of the coatings were analyzed by XRD and SEM. The results show that the size and number of the cracks in the modified coating decreased evidently after infiltrating Si. The oxidation test results in air at 1773 K show that the mass loss of the SiC-MoSi 2 coating coated carbon/carbon (C/C) composites was up to 1.18% after oxidation for 206 h, while that of the modified coating coated C/C composites was only 0.77% after oxidation for 460 h. The reason is that the cracks formed in the pack cementation process were partly sealed and there were no penetrable cracks in the modified coating. Therefore, there were no direct channels for the oxygen to diffuse into the C/C substrate.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)109-114
Number of pages6
JournalSurface Review and Letters
Volume18
Issue number3-4
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 2011

Keywords

  • Carbon/carbon composites
  • coating
  • SiC
  • SiO

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