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Near-seamless joining of Cf/SiC composites using Y3Si2C2 via electric field-assisted sintering technique

Teng YUa,†, Jie XUa,†, Xiaobing ZHOUa(), Peter TATARKOb,c, Yang LId, Zhengren HUANGa, Qing HUANGa
Engineering Laboratory of Advanced Energy Materials, Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ningbo 315201, China
Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Dúbravská cesta 9, 845 36 Bratislava, Slovakia
Centre of Excellence for Advanced Materials Application, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Dúbravská cesta 9, 845 11 Bratislava, Slovakia
National Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on High-Strength Structural Materials, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China

† Teng Yu and Jie Xu contributed equally to this work.

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A novel Y3Si2C2 material was synthesized at a relatively low temperature (900 ℃) using a molten salt method for the first time, and subsequently used as the joining material for carbon fiber reinforced SiC (Cf/SiC) composites. The sound near-seamless joints with no obvious remaining interlayer were obtained at 1600 ℃ using an electric field-assisted sintering technique (FAST). During joining, a liquid phase was formed by the eutectic reaction among Y3Si2C2, γ(Y-C) phase, and SiC, followed by the precipitation of SiC particles. The presence of the liquid promoted the sintering of newly formed SiC particles, leading to their complete consolidation with the Cf/SiC matrix. On the other hand, the excess of the liquid was pushed away from the joining area under the effect of a uniaxial pressure of 30 MPa, leading to the formation of the near-seamless joints. The highest shear strength (τ) of 17.2±2.9 MPa was obtained after being joined at 1600 ℃ for 10 min. The failure of the joints occurred in the Cf/SiC matrix, indicating that the interface was stronger than that of the Cf/SiC matrix. The formation of a near-seamless joint minimizes the mismatch of thermal expansion coefficients and also irradiation-induced swelling, suggesting that the proposed joining strategy can be potentially applied to SiC-based ceramic matrix composites (CMCs) for extreme environmental applications.

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Cf/SiCjoiningY3Si2C2electric field-assisted sintering technique (FAST)

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Journal of Advanced Ceramics
Volume 11 Issue 8,
August 2022
Pages 1196-1207
DOI: 10.1007/s40145-022-0593-3
Cite this article:
YU T, XU J, ZHOU X, et al. Near-seamless joining of Cf/SiC composites using Y3Si2C2 via electric field-assisted sintering technique. Journal of Advanced Ceramics, 2022, 11(8): 1196-1207. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40145-022-0593-3
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10.1007/s40145-022-0593-3.T001EDS results of points 1-5 in Fig. 4

No.Composition (at%)Possible phase
YSiCO
13.412.655.528.5Y-C-O
2—18.579.81.7SiC + C
3—29.270.8—SiC + C
439.413.534.512.6Y3Si2C2
51.28.190.7—C

10.1007/s40145-022-0593-3.T002EDS results of points 1-8 in Fig. 6

No.Composition (at%)Possible phase
YSiCO
1—0.898.40.8Cf
229.61.832.835.8Y-C-O
310.237.636.415.8Y3Si2C2
4—65.134.9—SiC
515.24.974.75.2Y-C-O
620.437.136.65.9Y3Si2C2
716.92.649.830.7Y-C-O
8—0.81.198.1C