Investigation of interfacial reactivity in composite materials

Citation
C. Vahlas et al., Investigation of interfacial reactivity in composite materials, MAT SCI E A, 259(2), 1999, pp. 269-278
Citations number
67
Categorie Soggetti
Apllied Physucs/Condensed Matter/Materiales Science","Material Science & Engineering
Journal title
MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING A-STRUCTURAL MATERIALS PROPERTIES MICROSTRUCTURE AND PROCESSING
ISSN journal
09215093 → ACNP
Volume
259
Issue
2
Year of publication
1999
Pages
269 - 278
Database
ISI
SICI code
0921-5093(19990131)259:2<269:IOIRIC>2.0.ZU;2-2
Abstract
The chemical vapor deposition technique has been used for the experimental simulation of the interfacial reactions in titanium matrix, silicon carbide reinforced, metal matrix composites (MMCs). Silicon and/or carbon containi ng thin films have been deposited on titanium substrates. The resulting dif fusion couples have been given long term, high temperature treatments corre sponding to operating conditions at the limits of Ti-based MMCs. The interf acial microstructures produced by these treatments have been investigated b y different techniques and were successfully compared to those ones in the real Ti matrix MMCs. This new approach allows for a rapid, economic and eas y-to-use evaluation technique and contributes to the optimization of the in terfacial characteristics in composite materials. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science S.A. All rights reserved.