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Acoustic microscopy of ceramic-fibre composites

Part I Glass-matrix composites

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The microstructure of Nicalon-reinforced borosilicate glass was studied using scanning acoustic microscopy (SAM) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM), Acoustic micrographs exhibited high contrast, and the formation of Rayleigh-wave-interference fringes both within and around fibres allowed thein-situ-fibre and matrix elastic moduli to be estimated. The matrix was found to have undergone partial devitrification resulting in the formation of cristobalite. The presence of a high volume fraction of reinforcing fibres was found to have little effect on cristobalite formation and distribution. The thermal expansion mismatch between β-cristobalite and the devitrified glass matrix and the β/α-cristobalite phase change were found to give rise to extensive microcracking around individual cristobalite grains and partial fibre/matrix debonding.

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  1. Department of Materials, University of Oxford, Parks Road, OX1 3 PH, Oxford, UK

    C. W. Lawrence & G. A. D. Briggs

  2. AEA Technology, Harwell Laboratory, OX11 0RA, Didcot, Oxon, UK

    C. B. Scruby & J. R. R. Davies

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Lawrence, C.W., Briggs, G.A.D., Scruby, C.B. et al. Acoustic microscopy of ceramic-fibre composites. J Mater Sci 28, 3635–3644 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01159847

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