TENSILE PROPERTIES AND INTERFACIAL FEATURE OF SiC COATED C/Al COMPOSITE WIRES UNDER ISOTHERMAL HEAT TREATMENT

The effect of different regimes of heat treatment on the tensile strength of SiC coatedcomposite of C fibers reinforced Al wires has been investigated.Their tensile strengthmay increase under treatment either at 500℃ for 2h or 550℃ for 1h,but decreaseover 600℃.After the strength tests of extracted fibers from composite wires,theSiC coating is an excellent protection to C fibers.EPMA and EDAX showed that theC/Al interface of the composite wires is stable under treatment below 600℃,butunstable at 650℃