Abstract
The high-temperature mechanical behaviour and microstructural evolution of experimental SiC fibres (Hi-Nicalon) with a low oxygen content (<0.5 wt%) have been examined up to 1600 °C. Comparisons have been made with a commercial Si-C-O fibre (Nicalon Ceramic Grade). Their initial microstructure consists of β-SiC crystallites averaging 5–10 nm in diameter, with important amounts of graphitic carbon into wrinkled sheet structures of very small sizes between the SiC grains. The fall in strength above 800 °C in air is related to fibre surface degradation involving free carbon. Crystallization of SiC and carbon further develops in both fibres subject to either creep or heat treatment at ∼1300 °C and above for long periods. The fibres are characterized by steady state creep and greater creep resistance (one order of magnitude) compared to the commercial Nicalon fibre. The experimental fibre has been found to creep above 1280 °C under low applied stresses (0.15 GPa) in air. Significant deformations (up to 14%) have been observed, both in air and argon above 1400 °C. The stress exponents and the apparent activation energies for creep have been found to fall in the range 2–3, both in air and argon, and in the range 200–300 kJ mol−1 in argon and 340–420 kJ mol−1 in air. The dewrinkling of carbon layer packets into a position more nearly aligned with the tensile axis, their sliding, and the collapse of pores have been proposed as the mechanisms which control the fibre creep behaviour.
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Bodet, R., Bourrat, X., Lamon, J. et al. Tensile creep behaviour of a silicon carbide-based fibre with a low oxygen content. JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE 30, 661–677 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00356326
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