Abstract:
To improve the anti-ablative performance under high pressure heat fluxes environment, an enhancement method was presented for ZrB
2/SiC composite coatings on the C/C matrix. It was arranged like that, taking the chemical vapor deposition as the preparation method of sealing layer (CVD)–SiC on the plasma spraying ZrB
2/SiC composite coatings and taking the CH
3SiCl
3–H
2–Ar as a deposition system. Based on this condition, the structure evolution of the ZrB
2/SiC composite coatings with CVD–SiC sealing layer and ablation property and ablation mechanism were investigated under an oxyacetylene torch environment. The results show that after two 600 s cycles ablation, the ZrB
2/SiC composite coating enhanced by the CVD–SiC sealing layer still possesses the ablative resistance and the surface of CVD–SiC shows a transformation from
β to
α phase. CVD–SiC layer is filled with the gap of plasma spraying ZrB
2/SiC composite coatings
, the sealing layer can restrict the oxygen diffusion to the C/C matrix along cracks and holes in the coatings, thereby improving the ablative resistance.