Microwave-assisted pyrolysis of SiC and its application to joining

摘要

Microwave energy has been used to pyrolyze silicon carbide from commercially available polycarbosilane precursor. The pyrolysis was performed on SiC surfaces having various surface treatments, to identify conditions which improve the wetting and adherence. Grinding and etching of the surfaces in hydrofluoric (HF) acid promotes the bonding of precursor derived ceramic to the SiC ceramic. Finally, the polycarbosilane precursor mixed with fine silicon carbide powder was used as the interlayer material to join silicon carbide specimens.