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Effect of SiC Fiber Content in Silicon Carbide Material on Its Mechanical Properties

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Abstract

SiC materials are obtained by impregnating a porous workpiece consisting of silicon carbide and carbon with liquid silicon. In the composition of the material, at the stage of preparation of charge compositions, up to 18 vol % SiCf is introduced, reinforcing the material and giving it a high level of mechanical characteristics. With an increase in the fiber content (>10 vol % SiCf), the density decreases and the strength of the material decreases; nevertheless, its crack resistance increases. The maximum value of the critical stress intensity factor is recorded for a material containing 15 vol % SiCf–K1C = 6.0 ± 0.2 MPa m1/2

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The work was partially performed using the equipment of the Engineering Center of the St. Petersburg State Technical Institute (Technical University).

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This study was supported through a grant of the Russian Foundation for Basic Research as part of scientific project no. 18-29-17013/20.

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  1. Grebenshchikov Institute of Silicate Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, 199034, St. Petersburg, Russia

    S. N. Perevislov

  2. Research Institute of Chemistry and Technology of Organoelement Compounds, 105118, Moscow, Russia

    T. L. Apukhtina

  3. Baikov Institute of Metallurgy and Materials Science, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119334, Moscow, Russia

    A. S. Lysenkov & M. G. Frolova

  4. Ioffe Institute, 194021, St. Petersburg, Russia

    M. V. Tomkovich

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Perevislov, S.N., Apukhtina, T.L., Lysenkov, A.S. et al. Effect of SiC Fiber Content in Silicon Carbide Material on Its Mechanical Properties. Glass Phys Chem 48, 54–60 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1087659622010102

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Keywords:

  • silicon carbide
  • fibers
  • reinforcement
  • mechanical characteristics
  • crack resistance