In the last two decades, fibre-reinforced SiC ceramic-matrix composites (CMCs) have
attracted extensive interests. Owing to the designable multi-scale microstructure feature and …

B 4 C has characteristics of low density, good strength, good wear resistance, exceptional
hardness, high elastic modulus and good chemical inertness at room temperature …

Silicon carbide ceramics have many excellent properties, such as high melting point, high
strength, high thermal conductivity, high hardness, high stiffness, good chemical resistance …

Silicon carbide ceramics have many outstanding properties like high hardness, high thermal
conductivity, high strength, low density, good electrical conductivity, good chemical …

Abstract h-BN matrix solid-lubricating composites containing SiC were fabricated by the
spark plasma sintering technique. The prepared h-BN/SiC composites exhibited excellent …

Toughened, super-hard B 4 C triplex-particulate composites were densified by spark plasma
sintering with MoSi 2 additives (5, 10, and 15 vol.%) at temperatures in the range 1750 …

There is growing interest in using 2D graphene-related reinforcements to toughen brittle
ceramics in nanocomposites. However, there is a lack of fundamental understanding of the …

SiC-B 4 C ceramic composites with different ratios of SiC to B 4 C were produced. The
relative density, mechanical properties, initial surface characteristics, dry sliding tribological …

The present investigation demonstrates the feasibility of obtaining a wide range in friction
and wear for SiC-hBN composites in sliding conditions: humidity (≤ 20% RH and≥ 90 …

SiC nanostructured ceramics without and with carbon nanotubes (CNTs) were prepared by
aqueous colloidal processing plus liquid-phase assisted spark-plasma sintering, and their …