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Joining of silicon carbide/silicon carbide composites and dense silicon carbide using combustion reactions in the titanium-carbon-nickel system

Journal Article · · Journal of the American Ceramic Society; (United States)
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  1. Idaho National Engineering Lab., EG and G Idaho, Inc., Idaho Falls, ID (US)
This paper reports on a ceramic joining technique that has been developed that utilizes an exothermic combustion reaction to simultaneously synthesize the joint interlayer material and to bond together the ceramic workpieces. The method has been used to join SiC ceramics using Ti-C-Ni powder mixtures that ignite below 1200{degrees} C to form a TiC-Ni joining material. Thin layers of the powder reactants were prepared by tape casting, and joining was accomplished by heating in a hot-press to ignite the combustion reaction. during this process, localized exothermic heating of the joint region resulted in chemical interaction at the interface between the TiC-Ni and the SiC ceramic that contributed to bonding. Room-temperature four-point bending strengths of joints produced by this method have exceeded 100 MPa.
DOE Contract Number:
AC07-76ID01570
OSTI ID:
5574736
Journal Information:
Journal of the American Ceramic Society; (United States), Journal Name: Journal of the American Ceramic Society; (United States) Vol. 75:1; ISSN JACTA; ISSN 0002-7820
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English