Effect of SiO₂ on the preparation and properties of Pure Carbon Reaction Bonded Silicon Carbide ceramics

Abstract

Effect of SiO₂ content and sintering process on the composition and properties of Pure Carbon Reaction Bonded Silicon Carbide (PCRBSC) ceramics prepared with C−SiO₂ green body by infiltrating silicon was presented. The infiltrating mechanism of C−SiO₂ preform was also explored. The experimental results indicate that the shaping pressure increases with the addition of SiO₂ to the preform, and the pore size of the body turned finer and distributed in a narrower range, which is beneficial to decreasing the residual silicon content in the sintered materials and to avoiding shock off, thus increasing the conversion rate of SiC. SiO₂ was deoxidized by carbon at a high temperature and the gaseous SiO and CO produced are the main reason to the crack of the body at an elevated temperature. If the green body is deposited at 1800°C in vacuum before infiltration crack will not be produced in the preform and fully dense RBSC can be obtained. The ultimate material has the following properties: a density of 3.05–3.12 g/cm³, a strength of 580±32MPa and a hardness of (HRA)91–92.3.

Keywords

reaction bonded silicon carbide / SiO₂ / filler / properties

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