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Auger electron spectroscopy analysis of SiC-whisker surfaces and SiC-whisker/alumina interfaces

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 March 2011

D.N. Braski  and
K.B. Alexander
D.N. Braski
Affiliation:
Metals and Ceramics Division, Oak ridge, National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831-6064
K.B. Alexander
Affiliation:
Metals and Ceramics Division, Oak ridge, National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831-6064
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Abstract

Auger Electron Spectroscopy (AES) has been used to examine as-received and oxidized silicon carbide whiskers and their respective whisker/matrix interfaces after fabrication into SiC-whisker-reinforced alumina composites. As-received whisker surfaces exhibited a 2–3 nm-thick near-surface region that was C-rich. Oxygen was detected at the outer surface, but diminished to near zero within 25 nm of the surface. Oxidized whiskers had 60 nm-thick SiO2 surface layers, which was in agreement with the transmission electron microscopy observations. The whisker/matrix interfaces in both composites consisted of thin (<0.5 nm) layers of a C-Si-O noncrystalline material. The thick SiO2 layers on the oxidized whiskers were ejected from the interfaces during hot-pressing. It was concluded that (i) the higher toughness of the composite fabricated with as-received SiC whiskers may be related to the higher C and lower O in its SiCw/Al2O3 interfaces, and (ii) interface composition cannot be reliably predicted using the surface composition of free whiskers prior to fabrication.

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Journal of Materials Research , Volume 10 , Issue 4 , April 1995 , pp. 1016 - 1023
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1995

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