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Titanium silicon carbide (Ti3SiC2) is a damage tolerance material that is expected to be used in a number of high temperature applications. In this work, the microstructure and damage tolerance mechanism of Ti3SiC2 was investigated. The result demonstrated that the Ti3SiC2 ceramics prepared by the in-situ hot pressing/solid-liquid reaction process had a dual microstructure, i.e., large laminated grains were distributed within small equiaxial grains. This microstructure is analogous to that of platelets reinforced ceramic matrix composites. The bending test using single-edge-notched-beam specimens revealed that Ti3SiC2 was a damage tolerance material. The damage tolerance mechanisms for Ti3SiC2 are basal plane slip, grain buckling, crack deflection, crack branching, pull-out and delamination of the laminated grains.
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Received: 7 December 1998/Reviewed and accepted: 15 December 1998
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Zhou, Y., Sun, Z. Microstructure and mechanism of damage tolerance for Ti3SiC2 bulk ceramics. Mat Res Innovat 2, 360–363 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/s100190050114
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s100190050114