CVD Silicon Carbide ( SiC )

Reference: NIST Structural Ceramics Database

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Material Summary:
                      [Ref. 1]         
Manufacturer........: Composites and Deposits
Material Designation: CVD silicon carbide
Material Form.......: Polycrystal
Composition.........: SiC
Processing..........: 



References:
   [1] S. W. Freiman, A. Williams, J. J. Mecholsky, and R. W. Rice, "Fracture of Si3N4 and SiC"
       Ceramic Microstructures, pp. 824-834 (1976).



Property Table:
Temperature = 23 °C

Grain    Porosity    Fracture      Fracture   Measurement  Measurement  Comments
Size                 Toughness     Energy     Method       Environment
[µm]       [%]       [MPa·m1/2]     [J/m2] 
------   --------   ------------   ---------  -----------  -----------  --------------------------------
1-3                                  16         AMDCB          air       Ref. 1; Fracture parallel to
                                                                                 deposition

1-3                                  21         AMDCB                            Fracture perpendicular to
                                                                                 deposition
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