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Creep rupture induced silica-based nanofibers formed on fracture surfaces of Ti3SiC2

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 March 2011

Z.M. Sun ,
T.J. Zhen  and
M.W. Barsoum
Z.M. Sun*
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Drexel University,Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104; and National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Nagoya 463-8560, Japan
T.J. Zhen
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104
M.W. Barsoum
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104
*
a)Address all correspondence to this author. e-mail: z.m.sun@aist.go.jp; barsoumw@drexel.edu
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Abstract

After creep failure at 1300 °C, silica-based nanofibers with diameters of ∼250 nm and lengths of up to a few tens of microns were observed on the fracture surfaces of Ti3SiC2. A possible mechanism for the formation of these fibers is proposed.

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MorphologyScanning electron microscopy (SEM)
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Journal of Materials Research , Volume 20 , Issue 11 , November 2005 , pp. 2895 - 2897
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2005

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