摘要
The in situ nano Ta_(4)HfC_(5) reinforced SiBCN-Ta_(4)HfC_(5) composite ceramics were prepared by a combination of two-step mechanical alloying and reactive hot-pressing sintering.The microstructural evolution and mechanical properties of the resulting SiBCN-Ta_(4)HfC_(5) were studied.After the first-step milling of 30 h,the raw materials of TaC and HfC underwent crushing,cold sintering,and short-range interdiffusion to finally obtain the high pure nano Ta_(4)HfC_(5).A hybrid structure of amorphous SiBCN and nano Ta_(4)HfC_(5) was obtained by adopting a second-step ball-milling.After reactive hot-pressing sintering,amorphous SiBCN has crystallized to 3C-SiC,6H-SiC,and turbostratic BN(C)phases and Ta_(4)HfC_(5) retained the form of the nanostructure.With the in situ generations of 2.5 wt% Ta_(4)HfC_(5),Ta_(4)HfC_(5) is preferentially distributed within the turbostratic BN(C);however,as Ta_(4)HfC_(5) content further raised to 10 wt%,it mainly distributed in the grain-boundary of BN(C) and SiC.The introduction of Ta_(4)HfC_(5) nanocrystals can effectively improve the flexural strength and fracture toughness of SiBCN ceramics,reaching to 344.1 MPa and 4.52 MPa·m^(1/2),respectively.This work has solved the problems of uneven distribution of ultra-high temperature phases in the ceramic matrix,which is beneficial to the real applications of SiBCN ceramics.
基金
the financial support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(52002092,51621091,51472059,51225203,and 51272300)
the National Key Research and Development Program(2017YFB0310400)
the Postdoctoral Innovative Talents Support Program(BX20190095)
the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(Grant Nos.LBH-Z19141 and 2019M660072)
funded by Advanced Space Propulsion Laboratory of BICE and Beijing Engineering Research center of Efficient and Green Aerospace Propulsion Technology(No.LabASP-2019-08).
