Abstract
To improve the ablation resistance of carbon/carbon (C/C) composites, a new SiC/ZrB2/SiC multilayer coating is designed and fabricated by a three‐step method of pack cementation, supersonic plasma spraying, and low pressure chemical vapor deposition. In this study, ablation behavior of SiC/ZrB2/SiC coating is investigated under oxyacetylene torch environment. Oxyacetylene ablation testing results show that the linear ablation rate and mass ablation rate of SiC/ZrB2/SiC coated C/C composites are only −5.0 × 10−4 mm s−1 and −9.6 × 10−4 g s−1, respectively, for 20 s ablation under heat flux of 2400 kW m−2. However, the ablative linear rate of ZrB2/SiC coated C/C composites is 7.5 × 10−4 mm s−1 and the ablative mass rate is zero. The better ablation resistance is mainly attributed to a molten SiO2–ZrO2 hybrid glassy layer formed after ablation on the surface of the composites and acting as thermal barrier layer inhibiting inward diffusion of oxygen.
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