Abstract
C/C-SiC composites were prepared by molten infiltration of silicon powders, using porous C/C composites as frameworks. The porosities of the C/C-SiC composites were about 0.89-2.8 vol%, which is denser than traditional C/C composites. The ablation properties were tested using an oxyacetylene torch. Three annular regions were present on the ablation surface. With increasing pyrocarbon fraction, a white ceramic oxide layer formed from the boundary to the center of the surface. The ablation experimental results also showed that the linear and mass ablation rates of the composites decreased with increasing carbon fraction. Linear SiO2 whiskers of diameter 800 am and length approximately 3 mu m were formed near the boundaries of the ablation surfaces of the C/C-SiC composites produced with low-porosity C/C frameworks. The ablation mechanism of the C/C-SiC composites is discussed, based on a heterogeneous ablation reaction model and a supersaturation assumption. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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