Thermal properties of a reaction hot pressed Mo≤5Si3C≤1 ceramic

Andrew A. Buchheit, William G. Fahrenholtz, Greg E. Hilmas, Doug M. Deason, H. Wang

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    Abstract

    Mo≤5Si3C≤1 was produced via reaction hot pressing. X-ray diffraction analysis revealed c-axis crystallographic orientation in the hot pressing direction. The orientation, combined with the inherent thermal expansion anisotropy of the structure, led to preferential microcracking and an overall anisotropic thermal expansion in hot pressed ceramics. Thermal conductivity was calculated for temperatures ranging from -120 to 500 °C from measured heat capacity and thermal diffusivity. Over that range, thermal conductivity increased from ∼9.5 to ∼21.5 W/m K. Electrical resistivity measurements allowed the separation of electrical and phononic contributions and revealed that the thermal conductivity of Mo≤5Si3C≤1 was dominated by electron transport.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)1047-1052
    Number of pages6
    JournalIntermetallics
    Volume16
    Issue number9
    DOIs
    StatePublished - Sep 2008

    Funding

    This work was supported by the Army Space and Missile Defense Command under grant number BAA DASG60-00-0005 and in part by the Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Office of Transportation Technologies as part of the High Temperature Materials Laboratory User Program at Oak Ridge National Laboratory managed by the UT-Battelle LLC, for the Department of Energy under contract DE-AC05000OR22725. Financial support for A. Buchheit was provided by the Department of Education under the Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need (GAANN) Fellowship. The authors would also like to thank Ms. Jennifer Gilmore for technical assistance.

    Keywords

    • A. Molybdenum silicides
    • B. Thermal properties
    • C. Reaction synthesis

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