Abstract
Abstract Porous SiC bodies were fabricated from α-SiC powder and petroleum coke powder as the pore former were infiltrated with a liquid precursor of mullite which on subsequent heat treatment at 1300 °C produced a mullite bonded porous SiC ceramics. Process parameters which control the rate of infiltration were studied. Results showed that infiltration rate could be estimated by using weight gain measurement. Sintering infiltrated bodies at a low temperature of 1300 °C yielded specimens in which silicon carbide, mullite and cristobalite were detected. Depending on the porosity of the starting SiC body, the porosity of the final ceramic could be varied in the range of 36–49 vol.% with a variation of flexural strength from 19 to 33 MPa. The average pore diameter (∼8 μm) was found to be almost independent of porosity.
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