在空气气氛中采用γ射线辐照处理聚碳硅烷(PCS)先驱丝,辐照先驱丝经 Ar中热交联、NH3中热解氨化、N2中高温氮化处理制备了氮化硅陶瓷纤维。研究了热交联处理对辐照先驱丝化学结构、凝胶含量、氨化陶瓷产率、抗拉强度、微观形貌及氧含量的影响。结果表明:热交联处理生成了Si—CH2—Si和Si—O—Si桥连结构,桥连结构使PCS先驱丝实现凝胶化;热交联处理不仅大幅提高了辐照 PCS先驱丝的氨化陶瓷产率,还提高了热解所得氮化硅陶瓷纤维的抗拉强度,而且还降低了陶瓷纤维的氧含量;吸收剂量为1.0 MGy的辐照丝经热交联处理后,其热解所得氮化硅陶瓷纤维抗拉强度达2.05GPa,氧质量分数仅为9.5%。
Polycarbosilane (PCS)precursor fibers were irradiated byγ-ray in air.Silicon nitride ceramic fibers were obtained from the irradiated PCS fibers by process of thermal cross-linking treatment in Ar,ammoniation pyrolysis in NH3 and high temperature nitriding treatment in N2 .The effects of thermal cross-linking treatment on chemical structure,gel content,ammoniation ceramic yield,tensile strength,microstructure and oxygen content were studied.The results show that bridge structures of Si—CH2—Si and Si—O—Si are formed in the PCS fibers by thermal cross-linking treatment and make the PCS fibers become gelling.The ammoniation ceramic yield of the irradiated PCS fibers increases sharply after thermal cross-linking treatment.The tensile strength of the silicon nitride ceramic fibers increases sharply, while the oxygen content decreases. After thermal cross-linking treatment,the tensile strength of the silicon nitride ceramic fibers derived from the PCS fibers with absorbed dose of 1.0 MGy reaches 2.05 GPa and the oxygen mass fraction is 9.5%.