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Fabrication of MAX-Phase-Based Ceramics by Three-Dimensional Printing
Y. Ma1, X. Yin1, X. Fan1, N. Travitzky2, P. Greil2
1 Science and Technology on Thermostructural Composite Materials Laboratory, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi¡¯an, Shaanxi, 710072, PR China
2 Department of Materials Science (Glass and Ceramics), University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany.
received February 3, 2015, received in revised form March 1, 2015, accepted April 1, 2015
Vol. 6, No. 2, Pages 87-94 DOI: 10.4416/JCST2015-00006
Abstract
Three-dimensional printing (3DP) is a flexible and cost-effective method for direct digital manufacturing that provides capabilities for creating a wide range of part geometries in a broad variety of materials. Recently, a combined process of 3DP and reactive melt infiltration (RMI) has been applied to fabricate MAX-phase-based ceramics, exhibiting great potential in the fabrication of bulk compounds with complicated shape. This paper briefly summarizes the fabrication of Ti3AlC2- and Ti3SiC2-based ceramics with the combined process. 3DP facilitates the prior design of a porous preform with specific pore distribution and microstructure, which is beneficial to the control of the volume change of the following reaction in the RMI process, promoting the near-net-shape fabrication of MAX-phase-based ceramics with high flexibility in component geometry.
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Keywords
Three-dimensional printing, RMI, Ti3SiC2, Ti3AlC2.
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