Journal of Inorganic Materials

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Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of SiCw/BAS Glass-Ceramic Composites

YE Feng1; ZHOU Yu1; LEI Ting-Quan1; YANG Jue-Ming2; ZHANG Li-Tong 2   

  1. 1.School of Materials Science and Engineering; Harbin Institute of Technology; Harbin 150001; China; 2. School of Materials Science and Engineering; Northwestern Polytechnical University; Xi an 710072, China
  • Received:1999-06-28 Revised:1999-09-29 Published:2000-06-20 Online:2000-06-20

Abstract: The BAS glass-ceramic composites reinforced with different volume fractions of SiC whiskers were
successfully studied by a hot-pressing method. The results show that the BAS matrix is composed of BaAl2Si2O8 and mullite. The incorporation of
SiC whiskers can significantly increase the flexural strength and fracture toughness of BAS glass-ceramics. The flexural strength
and fracture strength of 30vol%SiCw/BAS composites can increase 128% and 190% compared to the unreinforced BAS matrix. The main toughening mechanisms are crack deflection, whisker pullout
and bridging. The results of TEM observations show that SiC whiskers are directly bonded to the BAS matrix grains with no interfacial glass
layer or reaction layer. In addition, the BAS composites also have good elevated temperature mechanical properties.

Key words: BAS glass-ceramic, SiC whisker, microstructure, mechanical properties

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