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Fabrication, microstructure, and mechanical properties of TaC particulate and SiC fiber-reinforced lithia-alumina-silica composites

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 March 2011

Hyun-Ho Shin ,
Randolph Kirchain  and
Robert F. Speyer
Hyun-Ho Shin
Affiliation:
School of Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332-0245
Randolph Kirchain
Affiliation:
School of Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332-0245
Robert F. Speyer
Affiliation:
School of Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332-0245
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Abstract

Additions of O to 9 mol % Ta2O5 to a lithia-alumina-silica glass-ceramic matrix Nicalon SiC-reinforced composite increased the elastic modulus and ultimate strength of the composite. The additive fostered sphereulitic growth of β-eucriptite solid solution crystals which concentrated Ta2O5 at sphereulite boundaries and adjacent to the fiber-matrix carbon-rich interphases. These regions reacted with the interphases as well as soluble carbon monoxide gas to convert them to TaC. The former reaction was shown to be thermodynamically favorable above 983 °C, while the latter was favorable above 1249 °C. The improvement in mechanical properties was attributed to TaC particulate reinforcement, and suggests a simple glass-ceramic route to the fabrication of particulate-reinforced ceramic matrix composites.

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Journal of Materials Research , Volume 10 , Issue 3 , March 1995 , pp. 602 - 608
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1995

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