Wear behavior of SiC/PyC composite materials prepared by electromagnetic-field-assisted CVI
(1. State Key Laboratory of Powder Metallurgy, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China;
2. College of Materials Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China)
2. College of Materials Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China)
Abstract: Silicon carbide/pyrolytic carbon (SiC/PyC) composite materials with excellent performance of self-lubrication and wear resistance were prepared on SiC substrates by electromagnetic-field-assisted chemical vapor infiltration (CVI). The composition and microstructure of the SiC/PyC materials were investigated in detail by XRD, SEM and EDS, etc. The effects of the deposition temperature on the section features and wear resistance of the SiC/PyC were studied. The results show that the PyC layers were deposited onto SiC substrates spontaneously at a lower deposition temperature. The SiC substrates deposited with PyC can significantly reduce the wear rate of the self-dual composite materials under dry sliding condition. The wear tests suggest that the SiC/PyC composite materials own a better wear resistance property when the deposition temperature is 800 °C, and the wear rate is about 64.6% of that without the deposition of PyC.
Key words: SiC/PyC composite materials; wear performance; self-lubricating; chemical vapor infiltration; interfacial adsorption