Synthesis, microstructures, and corrosion behaviors of multi-components rare-earth silicates

Abstract

Abstract Multi-components and equimolar rare earth monosilicates, (Y1/3Dy1/3Er1/3)2SiO5, (Y1/3Dy1/3Lu1/3)2SiO5, (Y1/4Dy1/4Ho1/4Er1/4)2SiO5 and (Yb1/4Dy1/4Ho1/4Er1/4)2SiO5, were prepared by solid-state reactions and the following hot-pressing. Dense microstructures with uniform elemental distributions were obtained for all samples. These investigated multi-components monosilicates exhibit low thermal conductivities and similar coefficients of thermal expansion with SiC. Moreover, they exhibit high corrosion resistances in 1400\xa0°C water vapor, especially, four-components (Y1/4Dy1/4Ho1/4Er1/4)2SiO5 and (Yb1/4Dy1/4Ho1/4Er1/4)2SiO5 experienced almost invariable weights after small weight losses during the initial 0.5\xa0h. All those results indicate that multi-components rare earth monosilicates are promising candidates of environmental barrier coatings for SiC/SiC composites.