Journal of Inorganic Materials ›› 2011, Vol. 26 ›› Issue (6): 669-672.DOI: 10.3724/SP.J.1077.2011.10918

• Research Letter • Previous Articles    

Microstructure and Ablation Behavior of C/C Composites Doped with ZrB2

SUN Hui-Hui, LI He-Jun, SHEN Xue-Tao, CAO Gao-Xiang, QIANG Xin-Fa, REN Xiao-Bin, FU Qian-Gang   

  1. (State Key Laboratory of Solidification Processing, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an 710072, China)
  • Received:2010-12-28 Revised:2011-03-02 Published:2011-06-20 Online:2011-06-07
  • About author:SUN Hui-Hui(1986-), female, candidate of master. E-mail: sunhuihui4243@126.com
  • Supported by:

    National Natural Science Foundation of China (50832004, 90716024); the “111” Project (08040)

Abstract: ZrB2 was first introduced into carbon preforms through ultrasonic and vacuum immersion-carbonthermal reduction method. After densification using thermal gradient chemical vapor in-ltration and graphitization, ZrB2 doped C/C composites were prepared. The oxyacetylene ablation results show that the linear and mass ablation rates of the composites after doping with 6.87wt% ZrB2 decreased by 64.9% and 67.5%, respectively. The ablation of C/C composites is mainly controlled by thermochemical and thermophysical reactions and mechanical denudation does not play a dominant role. The evaporation of ZrO2/B2O3 during ablation would take away large amounts of heat, reducing the thermal impact of flame to the ablation surface.

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Key words: ablation, ZrB2, C/C composites, ZrO2

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