Silicon carbide whisker composite material with low non whisker particle content and method of manufacture thereof
Abstract
Abstract A composite material is made from a whisker body of silicon carbide whiskers containing not more than 5% by weight of non whisker particles of diameter greater than 150 microns, with a mass of matrix metal infiltrated into the interstices of the whisker body. The matrix metal is selected from the group consisting of aluminum, magnesium, tin, copper, lead, zinc, and their alloys. The bulk density of the silicon carbide whiskers is at least 0.07 gm/cm 3 . A method is also disclosed for making this composite material, in which first a quantity of silicon carbide whiskers containing not more than 5% by weight of non whisker particles of diameter greater than 150 microns is formed into a shaped mass with a compressive strength of at least 0.5 kg/cm 2 and with a bulk density of at least 0.07 gm/cm 3 , and then this shaped mass is compounded with a quantity of the molten matrix metal by a pressure casting method. This formed mass of silicon carbide whiskers may be bound together by an inorganic binder, whicn may be silica, and whose volume percentage in the shaped mass of silicon carbide whiskers may desirably be less than about 25%.
Inventors
- 👤 Tadashi Donomoto
- 👤 Yoshiaki Tatematsu
- 👤 Atsuo Tanaka
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