Table 1 Physical and thermal properties of SiC preforms and Al/SiC composites sintered by CS and RS at different sintering temperatures.

From: Improving thermal conductivity of Al/SiC composites by post-oxidization of reaction-bonded silicon carbide preforms

Sintering temperature (°C)

CS

RS

1100

1200

1300

1550

1700

Volume fraction of preform (vol%)

60.1 ± 0.36

62.4 ± 0.33

63.3 ± 0.41

66.5 ± 0.39

66.7 ± 0.42

Density of preform (g/cm3)

1.92 ± 0.03

1.99 ± 0.03

2.03 ± 0.04

2.12 ± 0.06

2.14 ± 0.07

BS of SiC preform (MPa)

2.4 ± 0.5

4.8 ± 0.8

10.3 ± 2.1

16.5 ± 3.4

21.0 ± 4.1

BS of Al/SiC composite (MPa)

267.4 ± 10.5

296.1 ± 13.2

310.2 ± 12.0

325.6 ± 10.5

316.7 ± 13.4

TC of Al/SiC composite (W/m K)

152.5 ± 9.5

132.4 ± 6.7

111.4 ± 7.2

196.7 ± 8.3

194.3 ± 9.6

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