Preceramic polymer blends as precursors for boron-carbide/silicon-carbide composite ceramics and ceramic fibers

Marta M. Guron; Xiaolan Wei; Daniel Welna; Nicholas Krogman; Myung Jong Kim; Harry R. Allcock; Larry G. Sneddon

doi:10.1021/cm900304r

Preceramic polymer blends as precursors for boron-carbide/silicon-carbide composite ceramics and ceramic fibers

Marta M. Guron, Xiaolan Wei, Daniel Welna, Nicholas Krogman, Myung Jong Kim, Harry R. Allcock, Larry G. Sneddon

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Simple blends of the poly(norbornenyldecaborane)(PND) boron-carbide preceramic polymer with either of the commercial poly(methylcarbosilane)(PMCS)or allylhydridopolycarbosilane (AHPCS) siliconcarbide preceramic polymers have been found to provide excellent processable precursors to boroncarbide/silicon- carbide ceramic composite materials. The blends exhibited good char yields with tunable ceramic compositions. Certain compositions of the PND/AHPCS derived ceramics also exhibited significant oxidation resistance. Nonwoven mats of PND/PMCS polymer composite fibers were readily obtained by the electrostatic spinning of polymer blend solutions. The pyrolytic ceramic conversion reactions of the PND/PMCS polymer fibers then produced mats of micro-and nanodiameter boron-carbide/silicon-carbide ceramic composite fibers.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1708-1715
Number of pages	8
Journal	Chemistry of Materials
Volume	21
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1021/cm900304r
State	Published - Apr 28 2009

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