TEMPERATURE EFFECT ON OXIDATION PROTECTION LIFE OF MULTI-LAYER COATING FOR C/C COMPOSITES

Carbon-carboncomposites(C/C)exhibitexcellentstructuralpropertiesabove165OC,andareconsideredasthemostpromisingcandidatematerialsforthehighthrust-weightratioturbineengines.Asakeytechnologyforthehigh-temperaturestructuralapplicationsofC/C,oxidationprotectionispaidmoreandmoreattentionrecently.TheoxidationprotectionllfeofacoatedC/Cisdeterminedbyenvironmenta1temperature,becauseitnotonlydecidesthether-mochemicalconditionsofinterfacesinacoating,butalsocontrolsthedynamicprocessofoxy-gendiffusion.The…

TEMPERATURE EFFECT ON OXIDATION PROTECTION LIFE OF MULTI-LAYER COATING FOR C/C COMPOSITES

A multi-layer coating for carbon-carbon composites with a Si-W outer layer,a SiC barrier layer and a SiC transition layer is prepared by the combination of siliconiza-tion, CVD and liquid reaction method. The effect of temperature on the oxidation protec-tion life from 1600 to 17OOC is investigated. The thickness of the oxide film on thecoating surface is measured through SEM and EMPA. A concept of critical oxide filmthickness and a critical oxidation protection time is put forward, and, based on it, the re-lation of the critical time with temperature is analyzed. The re8ults show that the relationof the critical oxidation protection time with temperature found by the experiments is fullyidentical with that calcu1ated based on the critical thickness- The physical significance andthe effect factors of the critical oxide film thickness are discussed.