Densification Behavior and Mechanical Properties of Spark Plasma Sintered ZrC-SiC and ZrC-SiC-CNT Composites

作者：Sagdic Sumbule^*; Goller Gultekin

来源：Journal of the Australian Ceramic Society, 2014, 50(2): 76-82.

• Ceramic-matrix composites (CMCs)
• Mechanical properties
• Sintering

ZrC-SiC and ZrC-SiC-CNT composites containing 0-30 vol% SiC and 0.25-1 wt% CNT were prepared by spark plasma sintering at 1750-1850 degrees C for 300 s under a pressure of 40 MPa. Fully dense ZrC based composites with a relative density of approximately 99% were obtained. The hardness of ZrC-SiC composites increased from 18.2 GPa to 20.6 GPa when the content of SiC increased from 10 to 30 vol% and the fracture toughness of ZrC increased from 3.3 to 5.5 MPa.m(1/2) with the addition of 30 vol% SiC. Additionally, mechanical properties of ZrC-SiC composites having 30 vol% SiC increased with 0.25 wt% CNT. However, further addition of CNT resulted in lower hardness values and there was not any considerable difference in fracture toughness values for ZrC-SiC-CNT composites. The highest values of hardness and fracture toughness were 21.6 GPa and 5.8 MPa.m(1/2) which was about 75% better compared to monolithic ZrC, and achieved with the addition of 30 vol% SiC and 0.25 wt% CNT.

• 出版日期2014