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The phase compositions and properties of Ti3SiC2-based composites with SiC addition of 5%–30% in mass fraction fabricated by in-situ reaction and hot pressing sintering were studied. SiC addition effectively prevented TiC synthesis but facilitated SiC synthesis. The Ti3SiC2/TiC-SiC composite had better oxidation resistance when SiC added quantity reached 20% but poorer oxidation resistance with SiC addition under 15% than Ti3SiC2/TiC composite at higher temperatures. There were more than half of the original SiC and a few Ti3SiC2 remaining in Ti3SiC2/TiC-SiC with 20% SiC addition, but all constituents in Ti3Si2/TiC composite were oxidized after 12 h in air at 1500 °C. The oxidation scale thickness of TS30, 1505.78 μm, was near a half of that of T, 2715 μm, at 1500 °C for 20 h. Ti3SiC2/TiC composite had a flexural strength of 474 MPa, which was surpassed by Ti3SiC2/TiC-SiC composites when SiC added amount reached 15%. The strength reached the peak of 518 MPa at 20% SiC added amount.
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Foundation item: Project(51302206) supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China; Project(2013JK0925) supported by Shaanxi Provincial Department of Education, China; Project(SKLSP201308) supported by the State Key Laboratory of Solidification Processing in Northwestern Polytechnical University, China; Project supported by the State Scholarship Fund, China
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Cai, Yz., Yin, Xw. & Yin, Hf. Effects of SiC amount on phase compositions and properties of Ti3SiC2-based composites. J. Cent. South Univ. 22, 14–22 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11771-015-2489-7
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