Oxidation protection and behavior of in-situ zirconium diboride-silicon carbide coating for carbon/carbon composites

Lu Li, Hejun Li, Xuemin Yin, Yanhui Chu, Xi Chen, Qiangang Fu

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Abstract

To protect carbon/carbon (C/C) composites against oxidation, zirconium diboride-silicon carbide (ZrB2-SiC) coating was prepared by in-situ reaction using ZrC, B4C and Si as raw materials. The in-situ ZrB2-SiC coated C/C presented good oxidation resistance, whose weight loss was only 0.15% after isothermal oxidation at 1500 °C for 216 h. Microstructure evolution of coating at 1500 °C was studied, revealing a two-layered structure: (1) ZrO2 (ZrSiO4) embedded in SiO2-rich glass, and (2) unaffected ZrB2-SiC. The formation and collapse of bubbles influenced the coating oxidation greatly. A model based on the evolution of oxide scale was proposed to explain the failure mechanism of coating.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)164-170
Number of pages7
JournalJournal of Alloys and Compounds
Volume645
DOIs
StatePublished - 17 May 2015

Keywords

  • Ceramics
  • Coating materials
  • Oxidation
  • Scanning electron microscopy
  • SEM
  • X-ray diffraction

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