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3rd International Conference on Self-Healing Materials Bath, UK. 27-29 June 2011

ELECTROCHEMICAL HEALING OF MAX PHASE CERAMICS

Amr M. Abdelkader 1 Santiago J. García1, and Sybrand van der Zwaag1

1 Novel Aerospace Materials, Faculty of Aerospace Engineering, Delft University of Technology.

Kluyverweg 1, 2629 HS Delft. The Netherlands.

Email: aabdelkader@tudelft.nl; S.J.GarciaEspallargas@tudelft.nl; S.vanderZwaag@tudelft.nl

Keywords: MAX phase ceramic, Self healing, Scratch ABSTRACT

Earlier work [1] has shown that metallo-ceramic MAX phase materials, such as Ti3AlC2, not only

have very attractive properties, combining those usually attributed to metals and those attributed to ceramics, but also display self healing properties when exposed to high temperatures. The restoration of the tensile strength is due to the formation of an oxidic residue, in particular well-adhering Al2O3 and loosely-bound TiO2, within the crack zone leading to quite adequate load transfer. However this healing mechanism does not operate below typically 1173K in realistic times because of low oxidation rates.

In this work we present a novel approach to heal the cracks on Ti-Al-C ceramic samples at ambient temperatures. The approach is based on inducing localized electrochemical reactions in the crack zone using various types of aqueous solutions and DC voltammetry. In the presentation we will present the initial results on this new mode of inducing electrochemical healing and will compare the morphology and composition of the electrochemical products with that created by oxidative healing.

The electrochemical response of the Ti2AlC sample to various DC voltammetry was investigated in

3.5% NaC1 solutions, 16.35% H2SO4, or 10.6% Na2CO3 solutions. In all the experiments The MAX

phase served as the working electrode, Pt mesh as the counter electrode, and saturated Ag/AgCl as reference electrode.

The results obtained form potentiostatic polarisation of the MAX sample in 1M Na2CO3 at 2V versus

Ag/AgCl reference for 2 hours showed that a surface crack was fully filled with a white deposit from the electrolyte (Figure 1). However, healing the crack needs this deposit to be adhered to the substrate materials and our previous results showed the best way to achieve this strong overlap is by using a filling material that is produced from the substrate materials [1]. For that purpose, the MAX sample was subjected to anodising process in H2SO4-based solution. The results showed that attacking the

MAX sample surface by the electrolyte solution to form filling materials from the bulk substrate is possible in the presence of chloride ions in the electrolyte at temperature higher than 332K. More research into the optimal composition of the electrolyte and the imposed potential to fill the crack with a load bearing deposit is required, yet the approach seems promising.

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3rd International Conference on Self-Healing Materials Bath, UK. 27-29 June 2011

REFERENCES

Figure 1: filling the crack on the surface of MAX by anodic polarisation in1M Na2CO3

REFERENCES

[1] Song, G, Pei, YT, Sloof, WG, Li, SB, Hosson, ThM & Zwaag, S van der (2007).

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