Effect of carbon source on the properties of dense α-SiC

Due to its outstanding properties, SiC is a candidate material for use in special applications such as armor. In order to use SiC in these special applications, it is necessary to produce fully dense ceramics. The ability to produce high density materials with superior performance depends on a numbe...

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Main Authors: Zeynep Aygüzer Yaşar, Vincent A DeLucca, Richard A Haber
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2021-01-01
Series:Materials Research Express
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1088/2053-1591/ac406c
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Vincent A DeLucca
Richard A Haber
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description Due to its outstanding properties, SiC is a candidate material for use in special applications such as armor. In order to use SiC in these special applications, it is necessary to produce fully dense ceramics. The ability to produce high density materials with superior performance depends on a number of factors. One of these factors is the addition of carbon to aid sintering. In this study, the effect of different carbon sources and ratios on the elastic and mechanical properties of SiC was investigated. Two types of carbon (lamp black and phenolic resin) were added to SiC in different ratios (0%–2% wt.). All samples were sintered via the spark plasma sintering (SPS) method at 1900 °C for 15 min under 50 MPa pressure. Samples made with lamp black were reached full density at 1.0 wt.%C, and the hardness and elastic modulus values were ∼22GPa and 440 GPa, respectively. While samples made with both carbon sources showed similar bulk mechanical properties, the samples made with lamp black showed more consistent microstructures. The carbon from the phonelic resin source did not appear to be as well distributed as that from the lamp black source. The results also confirmed that addition of carbon into SiC was essential to improve the density and other mechanical properties associated with it.
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spelling doaj.art-998f40b1955a4125b666c17a7d79d1fb2023-08-09T15:56:37ZengIOP PublishingMaterials Research Express2053-15912021-01-0181212560110.1088/2053-1591/ac406cEffect of carbon source on the properties of dense α-SiCZeynep Aygüzer Yaşar0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5434-9529Vincent A DeLucca1Richard A Haber2Department of Material Science and Engineering, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey , Piscataway, NJ 08854, United States of AmericaDepartment of Material Science and Engineering, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey , Piscataway, NJ 08854, United States of AmericaDepartment of Material Science and Engineering, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey , Piscataway, NJ 08854, United States of AmericaDue to its outstanding properties, SiC is a candidate material for use in special applications such as armor. In order to use SiC in these special applications, it is necessary to produce fully dense ceramics. The ability to produce high density materials with superior performance depends on a number of factors. One of these factors is the addition of carbon to aid sintering. In this study, the effect of different carbon sources and ratios on the elastic and mechanical properties of SiC was investigated. Two types of carbon (lamp black and phenolic resin) were added to SiC in different ratios (0%–2% wt.). All samples were sintered via the spark plasma sintering (SPS) method at 1900 °C for 15 min under 50 MPa pressure. Samples made with lamp black were reached full density at 1.0 wt.%C, and the hardness and elastic modulus values were ∼22GPa and 440 GPa, respectively. While samples made with both carbon sources showed similar bulk mechanical properties, the samples made with lamp black showed more consistent microstructures. The carbon from the phonelic resin source did not appear to be as well distributed as that from the lamp black source. The results also confirmed that addition of carbon into SiC was essential to improve the density and other mechanical properties associated with it.https://doi.org/10.1088/2053-1591/ac406csilicon carbidecarbon effectmicrostructureelastic propertieshardness
spellingShingle Zeynep Aygüzer Yaşar
Vincent A DeLucca
Richard A Haber
Effect of carbon source on the properties of dense α-SiC
Materials Research Express
silicon carbide
carbon effect
microstructure
elastic properties
hardness
title Effect of carbon source on the properties of dense α-SiC
title_full Effect of carbon source on the properties of dense α-SiC
title_fullStr Effect of carbon source on the properties of dense α-SiC
title_full_unstemmed Effect of carbon source on the properties of dense α-SiC
title_short Effect of carbon source on the properties of dense α-SiC
title_sort effect of carbon source on the properties of dense α sic
topic silicon carbide
carbon effect
microstructure
elastic properties
hardness
url https://doi.org/10.1088/2053-1591/ac406c
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