Synthesis and Electromagnetic Interference Shielding Performance of Ti<sub>3</sub>SiC<sub>2</sub>-Based Ceramics Fabricated by Liquid Silicon Infiltration

In this work, Ti<sub>3</sub>SiC<sub>2</sub>-based ceramics were fabricated by the infiltration of liquid silicon into TiC preform by incorporating a small amount of Al. Al can play a catalytic role to promote the formation of TiC twins before liquid silicon infiltration (LSI)...

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Main Authors: Xiaomeng Fan, Yuzhao Ma, Xiaolin Dang, Yanzhi Cai
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-01-01
Series:Materials
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1944/13/2/328
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Summary:In this work, Ti<sub>3</sub>SiC<sub>2</sub>-based ceramics were fabricated by the infiltration of liquid silicon into TiC preform by incorporating a small amount of Al. Al can play a catalytic role to promote the formation of TiC twins before liquid silicon infiltration (LSI), which leads to the increase of transformation efficiency from TiC to Ti<sub>3</sub>SiC<sub>2</sub> in the LSI process. When the Al content in the TiC preform increases to 9 wt.%, the volume content of Ti<sub>3</sub>SiC<sub>2</sub> reaches 85 vol.%, revealing the high electromagnetic interference shielding effectiveness of 39 dB in the frequency range of 8.2&#8722;12.4 GHz. The results indicate that it is an effective way to synthesize Ti<sub>3</sub>SiC<sub>2</sub>-based ceramics with excellent electromagnetic shielding performance.
ISSN:1996-1944