Abstract

SiC(w)/Al2O3 composites were made from an AlCl3-H2-CO2 mixture by a thermal-gradient chemical vapor infiltration (CVI) method. Al2O3 was deposited from the reaction of AlCl3 and H2O, which was produced from the oxidation of H2 by CO2. The densification rate was measured at various reactant compositions and total pressures. When the reaction rate or total pressure increased, the rate-controling step shifted from H2O production to AlCl3 diffusion, which led to premature pore closing. To obtain dense composites in a short infiltration time, the diffusion rate of AlCl3 had to be increased by decreasing the total pressure.

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