Investigation of the Effect of SiC-Whisker Content on the Properties of Ceramic Composite Material Obtained by Spark Plasma Sintering (SPS)

The effect of the content of silicon carbide whiskers and the sintering temperature on the physicomechanical and thermophysical properties of samples of a ceramic composite material (CCM) of the SiC–SiC w –B 4 C–AlN system with weight content of silicon carbide whiskers (SiC w ) 10, 30, and 50%, obtained by spark plasma sintering. Introducing silicon carbide whiskers SiC w into CCM of the SiC–B 4 C–AlN system increased the bending strength and crack resistance, and at SiC w weight content 30 and 50% the strength and crack resistance of the CCM were at the same level.