Fabrication of SiC Composites with Synergistic Toughening of Carbon Whisker and In Situ 3C-SiC Nanowire

Table 1

Mechanical properties of hot-press sinter and annealed specimen of /SiC composites.

Material	Relative density	Flexure strength (MPa)	Fracture toughness (MPa⋅m^1/2)
HPM	99.1%	235 ± 6.1	5.21 ± 0.34
AM10	98.9%	241 ± 4.7	5.24 ± 0.32
AM30	98.5%	246 ± 5.5	5.35 ± 0.19
AM60	98.4%	294 ± 4.2	6.43 ± 0.36
AM90	98.1%	278 ± 2.9	5.59 ± 0.27