C. Kawai et S. Wakamatsu, FABRICATION OF C SIC COMPOSITES BY AN ELECTRODEPOSITION/SINTERING METHOD AND THE CONTROL OF THE PROPERTIES/, Journal of Materials Science, 31(8), 1996, pp. 2165-2170
Carbon fibre reinforced SiC matrix composites (C/SiC composites) were
fabricated using an electrodeposition/sintering method and the control
of properties such as flexural strength, Young's modulus and thermal
expansion coefficient was investigated in order to fabricate C/SiC-bas
ed functionally gradient materials. By means of choosing the condition
of electrodeposition and sintering, C/SiC composites with volume frac
tion of fibre (V-f) ranging from 45 to 78% were fabricated. Maximum fl
exural strength and Young's modulus were 185 MPa and 47.5 GPa with V-f
of 75%, but both properties decreased with the decrease in V-f. Conve
rsely, the thermal expansion coefficient increased with the decrease i
n V-f; the value varied from 0.2 to 2.75 x 10(-6) K-1.