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SUBMITTER: Zeng Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5474735 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Zeng Yi Y Wang Dini D Xiong Xiang X Zhang Xun X Withers Philip J PJ Sun Wei W Smith Matthew M Bai Mingwen M Xiao Ping P
Nature communications 20170614
Ultra-high temperature ceramics are desirable for applications in the hypersonic vehicle, rockets, re-entry spacecraft and defence sectors, but few materials can currently satisfy the associated high temperature ablation requirements. Here we design and fabricate a carbide (Zr<sub>0.8</sub>Ti<sub>0.2</sub>C<sub>0.74</sub>B<sub>0.26</sub>) coating by reactive melt infiltration and pack cementation onto a C/C composite. It displays superior ablation resistance at temperatures from 2,000-3,000 °C, ...[more]