Effects of Carbon Fiber Architecture on the Microstructure and Mechanical Property of C/C-SiC Composites

Abstract:

C/C-SiC composites were rapidly fabricated by a two-steps processing. Firstly a short-cut carbon fiber felt (SC) and a 2D carbon fiber felt (2D) were densified to C/C composites by a thermal gradient chemical vapor infiltration (CVI) method with vaporized kerosene as a precursor in 2h, 3h, 4h and 5h, respectively. Then the C/C composites were infiltrated and reacted with melting silicon to obtain C/C-SiC composites. The results show that, with increase of the CVI time, the densities of the two types of C/C-SiC composites decrease in the range of 2.28g/cm3 to 2.00g/cm3; their porosities increase ranging from 1.3% to 7.5%; the contents of the β-SiC and the unreacted Si phases in the composites decline. The flexural strength of the 2D_C/C-SiC composite is much higher than that of the SC_C/C-SiC composite when prepared in the same condition.

• Periodical: Materials Science Forum (Volume 658)
• Pages: 133-136
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.658.133
• Online since: July 2010
• Authors: Jiping Wang, Jian Yong Lou, Zhuo Xu, Zhi Hao Jin, Guan Jun Qiao
• Keywords: Carbon Fiber (CF), Chemical Vapor Infiltration, Mechanical Property, Microstructure, Silicon Carbide (SiC)

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