New method of obtaining heat-resistant biomorphic composites with carbide reinforcement

Abstract

In this work, an original method of obtaining biomorphic composites of the Me – MeCx type, consisting of several stages, has been proposed. One of the steps is the Infiltration through Nonreactive Solvent (INS) method, which consists in converting biomorphic carbon preforms into porous microchannel MeCx ceramics by transferring a carbide-forming element to carbon through a solvent that does not react with carbon. The interaction of biomorphic alder-based carbon templates with melts of Cu – Ti and Sn – Ti systems has been investigated. It has been shown that as a result of the interaction of biocarbon templates with Cu-10Ti and Cu-20Ti alloys, carbon walls turn into TiC grains of micron and nanometer sizes, which partially repeat the template microstructure. The mechanism of formation of such a structure has been proposed. It has been demonstrated that, upon the interaction with Sn – Ti system, TiC and Ti2SnC layers are formed on the surface of the microchannels with good preservation of the initial template structure.