The response of SiC fibres to vacuum plasma spraying and vacuum hot pressing during the fabrication of titanium matrix composites

Journal article

Vacuum plasma spraying (VPS) and vacuum hot pressing (VHP) have been used to fabricate Ti-6Al-4V matrix composite material reinforced longitudinally with DERA Sigma C coated SiC 1140+ fibres. VPS of Ti-6Al-4V onto Sigma 1140+ SiC fibres caused no fibre/matrix interfacial reaction. During VHP a fibre/matrix reaction occurred, producing a mixture of fine (< 50 nm) TiCx (x

Authors: Baker, A; Grant, P; Jenkins, M

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: Journal of microscopy
• Volume: 196
• Issue: # (Pt 2)
• Pages: 162-174
• Publication date: 1999-11-01
• DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2818.1999.00625.x
• EISSN: 1365-2818
• ISSN: 0022-2720
• Language: English
• Keywords: interface reaction; Weibull modulus; plasma spraying; fibre damage; microscopy; titanium/SiC composites