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The Effect of Fiber Coatings on Interfacial Shear Strength and the Mechanical Behavior of Ceramic Composites

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 February 2011

Richard A. Lowden  and
Karren L. More
Richard A. Lowden
Affiliation:
Oak Ridge National Laboratory, P. O. Box 2008, Oak Ridge, TN 37831-6063
Karren L. More
Affiliation:
Oak Ridge National Laboratory, P. O. Box 2008, Oak Ridge, TN 37831-6063
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Abstract

Thin coatings deposited on ceramic fibers prior to densification employing chemical vapor infiltration techniques have been used to limit fiber-matrix bonding. This has resulted in improvements in strength and toughness at room and elevated temperatures in Nicalon® fiber-reinforced/SiC matrix composites. The properties of the fiber-matrix interface in fiber-reinforced ceramic composites have been examined utilizing an indentation method in which a standard microhardness indentor is used to push on fibers embedded in the ceramic matrix. Compositions and microstructures at the interface have been characterized employing analytical electton microscopy. Correlations between interfacial phenomena and observed mechanical behavior have been made.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 170: Symposium N – Interfaces in Composites , 1989 , 205
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1990

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