Synthesis of Silicon Carbide Based Composite Material for Industrial Applications

Abstract-Silicon Carbide is a leading material for components and devices operating at high temperature, high power and under harsh environments.Micro-sized SiC particles and whiskers are commonly used as reinforcement materials for ceramics, metals and alloys for various structural and tribological applications. This work of the composite materials are synthesized containing fibrous reinforcing constituents, friction imparting additives, wear resisting additives, fire retarding constituents and phenolic resins as binder. The composites are heated to moderate temperature for few hours to make the constituents intact further. The composite m aterials are tested for wear rate and coefficient of friction using pin on disc wear testing machine.Apart from synthesis, the synthesized composite material characterizations were performed with the wear tests to find the generation of voids on the wear surface