Gelcasting of carbide ceramics

Gelcasting of Ferroelectric Ceramics: Doping Effect and Further Development

Mechanisms of High-Temperature Fatigue in Silicon Carbide Ceramics

produce a composite, which is typically accomplished by incorporating continuous fibers, whiskers, platelets, or second The high-temperature mechanical properties of an in situ phase particles (3). For monolithic ceramics, in situ toughening toughened silicon carbide, with Al, B and C sintering additives can also be effective with microstructures consisting of elongated (ABC-Sic), have been exa...

Effect of surface texturing by femtosecond laser on tantalum carbide ceramics for solar receiver applications

Tantalum carbide, as a Ultra-High Temperature Ceramic, is known to be characterized by intrinsic spectral selectivity, which makes it attractive for novel high-temperature thermal solar absorbers. However, a weakness point of TaC is the solar absorbance, which, in absence of any treatment, is usually lower than that of other materials currently under development for solar absorber applications....

Suitability of Biomorphic Silicon Carbide Ceramics as Drug Delivery Systems against Bacterial Biofilms

The present work is aimed at getting a new insight into biomorphic silicon carbides (bioSiCs) as bone replacement materials. BioSiCs from a variety of precursors were produced, characterized, and loaded with a broad-spectrum antibiotic. The capacity of loaded bioSiCs for preventing and/or treating preformed S. aureus biofilms has been studied. The differences in precursor characteristics are ma...

Sintering boron carbide ceramics without grain growth by plastic deformation as the dominant densification mechanism

A new ceramic sintering approach employing plastic deformation as the dominant mechanism is proposed, at low temperature close to the onset point of grain growth and under high pressure. Based on this route, fully dense boron carbide without grain growth can be prepared at 1,675-1,700 °C and under pressure of (≥) 80 MPa in 5 minutes. The dense boron carbide shows excellent mechanical properties...