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Liquid Silicon Infiltrated SiCf/SiC Composites with Various Types of SiC Fiber

다양한 SiC 섬유를 적용한 실리콘 용융 침투 공정 SiCf/SiC 복합재료의 제조 및 특성 변화 연구

  • Song, Jong Seob (Chungnam National University, Department of Materials Science & Engineering) ;
  • Kim, Seyoung (Korea Institute of Energy Research, Energy Material Research Lab.) ;
  • Baik, Kyeong Ho (Chungnam National University, Department of Materials Science & Engineering) ;
  • Woo, Sangkuk (Korea Institute of Energy Research, Energy Material Research Lab.) ;
  • Kim, Soo-hyun (Korea Institute of Energy Research, Energy Material Research Lab.)
  • Received : 2017.03.31
  • Accepted : 2017.04.27
  • Published : 2017.04.30
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Abstract

Liquid silicon infiltration, which is one of the methods of producing fiber reinforced ceramic composites, has several advantages such as low fabrication cost and good shape formability. In order to confirm LSI process feasibility of SiC fiber, $SiC_f/SiC$ composites were fabricated using three types of SiC fibers (Tyranno SA, LoxM, Tyranno S) which have different crystallinity and oxygen content. Composites that were fabricated with LSI process were well densified by less than 2% of porosity, but showed an obvious difference in 3-point bending strength according to crystallinity and oxygen content. When composites in LSI process was exposed to a high temperature, crystallization and micro structural changes were occurred in amorphous SiOC phase in SiC fiber. Fiber shrinkage also observed during LSI process that caused from reaction in fiber and between fiber and matrix. These were confirmed with changes of process temperature by SEM, XRD and TEM analysis.

섬유강화 세라믹 복합재료 제조 방법 중 실리콘 용융 침투 공정법(Liquid Silicon Infiltration-LSI)은 낮은 제조단가 및 짧은 공정 시간 등의 장점을 가진다. 본 연구에서는 고온 내산 특성이 우수한 SiC 섬유를 LSI 공정에 적용하기 위해 결정화도와 산소함량이 다른 세 가지 SiC 섬유(Tyranno SA, LoxM, Tyranno S)를 이용하여 $SiC_f/SiC$ 복합재료를 제작하고 그 적용 가능성을 확인하였다. LSI 공정을 통해 제조된 $SiC_f/SiC$ 복합재료는 모두 2% 미만의 기공률로 치밀화 되었지만, 섬유의 결정화도와 산소함량에 따라 3점 굽힘강도는 큰 차이를 나타냈다. 이는 $1450^{\circ}C$ 이상의 높은 LSI 공정 온도에 SiC 섬유가 노출 될 경우 비정질 SiOC상이 결정화되며 수축하는 현상과 섬유 내 잔존 산소-모재 내 탄소의 반응으로 인한 미세구조 차이에 기인하는 것으로 판단된다. 이는 SEM, XRD 및 TEM 분석을 통해 섬유 종류별 공정온도에서의 특성 변화로 확인하였다.

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