Herein, the SiC‐coated carbon fiber decorated with SiC nanowire (SiCnw/CF) composites are successfully prepared by one‐step chemical vapor infiltration (CVI) process. Microstructures, the formation mechanism of SiCnws, thermal stability performance, and electromagnetic wave (EMW) absorption performance of the composites are investigated in detail. In particularly, benefiting the dielectric loss and conductive loss, the SiCnw/CF composites obtained at 1500 °C exhibit superior EMW absorption property with the minimum reflection loss (RL) of −36.5 dB with the effective absorption band of 5.5 GHz at a thickness of 1.88 mm. This work provides a simple way to obtain and design the CF‐based materials with good microwave absorption.
Herein, aluminum titanate (Al2TiO5, AT) flexible ceramics with different cooling rates (program‐controlling cooling (10 and 20 °C min−1), air cooling (≈400 °C min−1), and water cooling (>1000 °C min−1) are fabricated by reaction sintering of Al2O3 and TiO2. The effect of cooling rates on microstructures and the mechanical properties of AT ceramics are systematically investigated. The microcrack width and density of AT ceramics with different cooling rates are statistically calculated. In addition, the effect of a microcracks structure on the mechanical properties of AT ceramics is deeply studied. Results show that the increase in cooling rate will increase the width and density of microcrack, leading to a suitable increase in flexibility and a slight decrease in strength. When AT is cooled in air, the best bending strain of 1.10% can be obtained, with a median microcrack width of 0.533 μm and a density of 6831.88 ± 374.87 N mm−2. It is hopeful that through this research, the effect of cooling rate on the mechanical properties of AT flexible ceramics can be deeply understood, and the strategy used in this research can be used in other exploration of similar material.
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