J. Mater. Sci. Technol. ›› 2013, Vol. 29 ›› Issue (1): 29-33.DOI: 10.1016/j.jmst.2012.11.001

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Mullite Oxidation Resistant Coating for SiC-coated Carbon/Carbon Composites by Supersonic Plasma Spraying

Chao Ma1), Hejun Li1), Heng Wu1), Qiangang Fu1), Can Sun1), Xiaohong Shi1), Yulei Zhang1) , Zhengzhong Zhang1), Jun Tao1), Zhihai Han2)   

  1. 1) State Key Laboratory of Solidification Processing, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an 710072, China
    2) State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, China
  • Received:2011-10-25 Revised:2011-11-17 Online:2013-01-30 Published:2013-02-04
  • Contact: Hejun Li
  • Supported by:

     

    National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant No. 51072166 and No. 50902111, and the “111” Project under Grant No. D08040, and NPU Foundation for Fundamental Research and the Research Fund of the State Key Laboratory of Solidification Processing (NWPU), China (Grant No.73-QP-2010).

Abstract:

To improve the oxidation resistance of carbon/carbon (C/C) composites, mullite coating was prepared on the surface of SiC-coated C/C composites by supersonic plasma spraying. Phases and microstructures of mullite coating were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The coating primarily consists of a single phase of mullite (3Al2O3−2SiO2). The SEM results show that mullite coating was continuous and well bonded with the SiC inner layer without penetrating crack. Mullite coating exhibited good oxidation resistance. After 98.5 h oxidation at 1773 K and 9 thermal shock cycles between 1773 K and room temperature, the weight loss of the coated C/C composites was only 2.57%.

 

Key words: Mullite coating, Supersonic plasma spraying, Carbon/carbon composites, Oxidation