Abstract
A novel ZrC-SiC coating was prepared on carbon/carbon (C/C) composites surface by solid phase infiltration and the ablation properties of the ZrC-SiC coated C/C composites under oxyacetylene flame were studied. The results show that the coating prepared on the condition of optimum process parameters exhibits dense surface and outstanding anti-ablation ability. After ablation for 20 s, the mass ablation rates of the coated C/C composites can be lowered to 2.36 × 10 -3 g/s, 37.1% reduction compared with uncoated C/C composites. The oxide layer composed of ZrO 2 and SiO 2 acts as oxygen diffusion barrier and the evaporation of ZrO 2 and SiO 2 absorbs a great amount of heat from the flame and reduces the erosive attack on the coating.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 565-571 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | Applied Surface Science |
Volume | 258 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 15 Oct 2011 |
Keywords
- Ablation properties
- Carbon/carbon composites
- Solid phase infiltration
- ZrC-SiC coating