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Title: Processing of Silica Bonded Porous SiC preform for Metallic Composites
Authors: Resmi, V G
Manu, K M S
Lakshmi, V
Brahmakumar, M
Rajan, T P D
Pavithran, C
Pai, B C
Keywords: Silicon carbide; Preform Porogen ; Squeeze infiltration ; Metal-ceramic composites Aluminium
Issue Date: Dec-2015
Publisher: Springer
Citation: Journal of Porous Materials 22(6):1445-1454,Dec 2015
Abstract: Porous SiC ceramics were successfully fabricated by silica bonding of SiC compacts and porogen burnout technique. Silica coating on SiC particle was carried out using TEOS hydrolysis and crystallizes during the sintering process at 1200 C, which forms a well-developed neck growth between the SiC particles. Different volume fractions of sodium chloride porogen were used to obtain varied porosity content in porous SiC ceramics from 36 to 62.47 % leading to wide-ranging compressive strength from 8.11 to 0.69 MPa. Interconnected bimodal pores were created throughout the sample due to the burnt out of salt and stacking of SiC particles. The pore size distribution of porous SiC measured using mercury intrusion porosimetry shows that average pore size due to the salt particle is around 74–110 lm and stacking of SiC particle result 4–10 lm. Direct squeeze infiltration method is successfully adopted for infiltration of 6061 aluminium molten alloy into SiC preforms with the controlled process parameters of initial preform temperature, liquid metal superheating, squeezed pressure and its rate of application and die temperature. Microstructures have shown complete infiltration of Al alloy into the pores of the SiC preform forming Al composite with good interfacial bonding aided by the presence of MgAl2O4 spinel. The silica coating on SiC surface have a multifunctional role of acting as a binder for the porous preform, enhances the wettability of SiC particle with molten metal during infiltration and prevention of deleterious Al4C3 interfacial reaction product.
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/2276
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