@inproceedings{7503998ed3324593bfa093afa3325103,
title = "Microstructural Stability of SiC/SiC Composites under Dual-Beam Ion Irradiation",
abstract = "Microstructural evolution of silicon carbide fiber-reinforced silicon carbide matrix composites (SiC/SiC composites) during dual-beam ion irradiation was studied. The composites had been fabricated by means of chemical vapor infiltration (CVI) and polymer impregnation and pyrolysis (PIP) methods using advanced fibers, i.e., Hi-Nicalon{\texttrademark} Type-S and Tyranno{\texttrademark}-S A, as well as conventional fibers. Dual-beam ion irradiation was performed to 10 dpa at 873 K and 60appmHe/dpa. Composites with advanced low-oxygen near-stoichiometric SiC fiber with high crystallinity and beta-SiC matrix exhibited superior irradiation resistance, in contrast to that amorphous Si-C-O based fibers and conventional polymer-derived matrix exhibited microstructural instability in association with irradiation-induced crystallization. Pyrolytic carbon deposited as the fiber-matrix (F-M) interphase exhibited irradiation-induced amorphization and the helium co-implantation enhanced it. Post-irradiation heat treatment caused significant microstructural changes across the F-M interphases at temperatures as low as the composites are supposed to retain their mechanical strength.",
keywords = "SiC fiber, SiC/SiC composite, TEM, helium effect, ion irradiation, microstructure",
author = "Yutai Katoh and Hirotatsu Kishimoto and Masami Ando and Akira Kohyama and Tamaki Shibayama and Heishichiro Takahashi",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2001 by ASTM International.; 20th International Symposium on Effects of Radiation on Materials 2000 ; Conference date: 06-06-2000 Through 08-06-2000",
year = "2001",
doi = "10.1520/STP10572S",
language = "English",
series = "ASTM Special Technical Publication",
publisher = "ASTM International",
pages = "786--798",
editor = "Rosinski, {Stan T.} and Grossbeck, {Martin L.} and Allen, {Todd R.} and Kumar, {Arvind S.}",
booktitle = "Effects of Radiation on Materials",
}