Direct laser sintering of reaction bonded silicon carbide with low residual silicon content. Issue 11 (September 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Meyers, Sebastian; De Leersnijder, Lien; Vleugels, Jef; Kruth, Jean-Pierre
• Is Part Of: Journal of the European Ceramic Society. Volume 38:Issue 11(2018)
• Page Start: 3709
• Page End: 3717
• Publication Date: 2018-09
• Subjects: Additive manufacturing -- Laser sintering -- Silicon carbide -- Reaction bonding; Ceramic materials -- Periodicals; Composite materials -- Periodicals; Matériaux céramiques -- Périodiques; Composites -- Périodiques; Ceramic materials; Composite materials; Periodicals; Electronic journals; 666.05
• DOI: 10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2018.04.055
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0955-2219

Abstract

Abstract: Additive manufacturing (AM) techniques are promising manufacturing methods for the production of complex parts in small series. In this work, laser sintering (LS) was used to fabricate reaction bonded silicon carbide (RBSC) parts. First, silicon carbide (SiC) and silicon (Si) powders were mixed in order to obtain a homogeneous powder. This powder mixture was subsequently laser sintered, where the Si melts and re-solidifies to bind the primary SiC particles. Afterwards, these SiSiC preforms were impregnated with a phenolic resin. This phenolic resin was pyrolysed yielding porous carbon, which was transformed into secondary reaction formed SiC when the preforms were infiltrated with molten silicon in the final step. This resulted in fully dense RBSC parts with up to 84 vol% SiC. The optimized SiSiC combined a Vickers hardness of 2045 HV, an electrical conductivity of 5.3 × 10 3 S/m, a Young's modulus of 285 GPa and a 4-point bending strength of 162 MPa.