Abstract
20vol%SiCw/BAS (barium aluminosilicate) composites with as-received, acid-leached and heat-treated whiskers were fabricated by a hot-pressing technique and their mechanical properties were evaluated. The whiskers used in these composites were characterized using Auger electron spectrometry (AES) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and the observations were correlated with the mechanical properties. The results show that the oxygen content of the whisker surfaces was reduced by the hydrogen fluoride (HF) acid-leaching treatment and the surface geometry of whiskers was smoothed by the heat-treatment in an inert gas atmosphere. The corresponding composites show an obvious increase (18% and 31%, respectively) in toughness compared with the composites reinforced with as-received whiskers. Fracture surfaces revealed evidence of toughening by the mechanisms of crack deflection, crack bridging and whisker pullout for the composites with surface treated whiskers.
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