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JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE
Volume 35, Issue 9, Pages 2167-2173Publisher
KLUWER ACADEMIC PUBL
DOI: 10.1023/A:1004758305801
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Silicon plays an important role in the production of Al/SiC metal matrix composites. As an alloying element in aluminum, silicon retards the kinetics of the chemical reactions that result in the formation of the unwanted intermetallics Al4C3 and Al4SiC4. As a thin coating on silicon carbide, silicon becomes an active participant in a thermally activated chemical reaction that enhances wetting of silicon carbide by aluminum alloys. Consequently, Al/SiC composites made with siliconized silicon carbide and silicon rich aluminum alloys show mechanical properties that are significantly different from those of similar composites produced with unsiliconized silicon carbide or with aluminum alloys that do not contain silicon. It is shown that a silicon coating on SiC significantly enhances wetting of SiC particles by aluminum alloys, reduces porosity, does not affect the modulus of elasticity, but decreases the modulus of rupture of Al/SiC metal matrix composites. (C) 2000 Kluwer Academic Publishers.
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